I agree with 33Girl.
In addition, you do not know all the circumstances at UofA on why the young lady was dropped. It truly might have nothing to do with race.
A similar situation happened in the early 90's at my school. We had a young mixed lady who went through NPC rush.
Her resume was glowing, high academics, outstanding extra-circular activities, and had even been given a key to the city (of her hometown) by the mayor. On paper, she is the type of prospective new member everyone looks for. All eight GLOs were briefed before rush began, because she was the first black woman to go through NPC rush.
Now that is what everyone on the outside sees. What others did not see were the discussions during rush workshop and behind closed doors. And guess what?... It had nothing to do with her race... She grew up in the same town that several of my sorority sisters grew up in. Though her resume was terrific, her actions and attitude on the weekends often left something to be desired.
Unfortunately, when she was dropped, we had to have all our Ps&Qs in order (as did any other chapter involved). Why? Because the local news channels showed up at school, nationals called to check on rush, etc. How could the salutatorian of XYZ High School and someone who had such high credentials be dropped?
She was offered a bid, but not to her top choices. It became a race issue, because that is the only way anyone not involved saw it. Outsiders played it up as if she would have received a bid from the sorority of her choice had she been "white."
That is just not so.
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