Lack of Ethnic Diversity in Bama's sororities worry future rushee

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

I understand but is that really so different from saying you don't know why African-American women pursue rush at any school? Do outsiders really know the odds or are they just going based on appearances and assumptions?

I was thinking about this recently. There are probably some Af. Am. girls who grew up in areas where the vast majority of girls in the neighborhood (white) went off to Bama/Ole Miss and pledged sororities. I'm pretty sure there are some who assume that they will do the same with no problems (because all your classmates have done so.) Just by nature of where they grew up, they have no reason to think that their experience will be any different.

I dunno, I never really know how to respond to this topic (I went Greek at a school that is ENTIRELY different from Bama.) I considered attending LSU at one point (but changed my mind senior year for a number of reasons) but I do sometimes think about the fact that if I had chosen LSU, there is a very good chance that I wouldn't be Greek right now (because "OMG TEH BLACKNESSS!!11")