Ethnic diversity: North vs. South

[alum]

Originally Posted by SECdomination

While FL still has many of the standard WASP names (people even jokingly say my full name with a British accent), the diversity comes from the Jewish population in the state schools.
There's probably a fairly large percentage of -steins that join IFC or NPC groups.

Now I want to see the NM Lists of the flagship Florida schools to see if that is accurate.

[kdonline]

Originally Posted by alum

Now I want to see the NM Lists of the flagship Florida schools to see if that is accurate.

"Flagship schools" - let's take UF/FSU..
You'll still find traditionally Jewish women pledging the traditionally Jewish sororities... but rarely any crossover.

But if you talk FIU, the NPC sororities are probably 95% hispanic; many of them were born in other countries but moved as young children.. or they're first generation Americans.

[PenguinTrax]

Originally Posted by kdonline

"Flagship schools" - let's take UF/FSU..
You'll still find traditionally Jewish women pledging the traditionally Jewish sororities... but rarely any crossover.

But if you talk FIU, the NPC sororities are probably 95% hispanic; many of them were born in other countries but moved as young children.. or they're first generation Americans.

Actually, this is not quite true at FSU. SDT has only been on campus a couple of years and they are only about 50-60% Jewish. There are other groups on campus with high percentages of Jewish members, especially AChiO which has traditionally been the 'nondenominational' choice for non-Christian members.

[AXIDplace4me]

Both sides of my family have been in the states before they were states. circa 1650s. We really don't have much of an idea except for educated guesses of where our family came from. We have one last name in the family that we believe has been changed from a German last name, but we really don't know. Most of my family started in the north and migrated south early on. My dad's family is from western NC and eastern TN while mom's family is from SC. I am sure the spelling and even the pronunciation of our names has changed since the 1600s.