Race & Sororities

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Although this would ideally be the case, and is the case at the vast majority of colleges and universities, there are still some parts of the country where this view is hopelessly naive. I know full well that if I hadn't rushed where I did, that I may not have been accepted with open arms the way I was in my chapter.

Same here. I considered LSU in HS and I am fairly certain that I would have gone bidless had I gone there and participated in recruitment.

Race is still an issue at some of the larger, more competitive recruitments in the south. So advising someone that "race isn't an issue" or "shouldn't be an issue" is not the best thing.

Also, regards to: "just don't make a big deal of race either way, and you should be ok." Race is race. It's impossible to "downplay" or "ingnore race" because well, it's not like a coat or something that you can take on and off.

Is it unfortunate that it's still an issue? Sure. But we can't advise people that "it'll be ok if they just downplay it."