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Awhile back I wrote my recruitment story about being Jewish, USC and recruitment. At the time that I rushed Jewish women could only join a Jewish house. Last year I wrote about my daughter who rushed at the same university. She joined a house that didn't take Jews when I went through. In her pledge class are Blacks, Asians, Jews, and Christians. There is at least one Muslim in the house.
When we purchased our home I read the original CC&Rs: (restrictions as to who could buy in this neighborhood): No Asians, Hispanics, Negroes, people of the Hebrew faith (that would be us). And Negro servants were not allowed to sleepover within city limits. Obviously no one had paid attention to that for years. When I was growing up, in the same neighborhood it was 90& plus white (mostly Jewish) a few Asians, and a few Black entertainers.
Now, my kids were minorities in the same school I went to not that long ago. Our street has people of all races, religions, and ethnic backgrounds. Life changes, and to be cliche, be that change. Sometimes the change will be a year later than you want it to be, but please don't blame your background for your exclusion. Get into the mix that is your school and change will come. It is hard to exclude people you know. It is the people that you know in abstract that are easy to exclude.
(Please know that I used the word Negro as it was used in the historical papers!!!!! I should have used quotes, but didn't. OMG,, If I have offended anyone by that useage...sorry.)
Last edited by ellebud; 09-01-2010 at 09:13 PM.
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