Race and Fraternities
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amren.comPosted Nov 1, 2013, 4:40 PM UTC
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amren.comI doubt I would get a bid from Alpha Phi Alpha being a caucasian male but i don't see Jessie Jackson raving and ranting about that. It is definitely a blurred line between heritage/tradition and segregation these days.
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Such is life. He's more racist than the people he "fights" but noone calls him on it because Its ok to be racist towards white people.
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Pretty ironic that Princeton is refusing to recognize their Greek letter organizations seeing as the first social fraternity ever originated from Princeton.
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first social fraternity
Actually it was Phi Beta Kappa (which later became an honor fraternity) at William & Mary
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So I click on the link, fully knowing that it's either going to be an insightful article on racism and how shit like what Bama pulled is fucking stupid or it's going to be some ass backward article still trying to keep slavery alive...
Then the work website filter clarified for me.
Your request was denied because of its content categorization: "Violence/Hate/Racism"
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Please tell me why members of a group must be forced to accept specific individuals into the group?
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because the only reason they're denying people is based off the color of their skin?
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Unfortunately (/s), I couldn't read the article. But unless the article is about a fraternity being forced to extend a bid to a black member, no one is forcing you to do shit. There isn't affirmative action for greeks. Stop acting like you're some kind of victim here.
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The liberal media and the Bama administration just forced bids of minorities in pretty much all of the sororities there. So yeah, pretty much exactly what you said didn't happen, did in fact happen. The issue is that private organizations should be able to choose their own membership. Greek organizations that are traditionally black, Asian or Jewish do this without any criticism from the media or school administrations, so it is pretty glaring hypocrisy.
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Greek organizations that are traditionally black, Asian or Jewish do this without any criticism from the media or school administrations, so it is pretty glaring hypocrisy.
This a thousand times. Every time I've argued that white or mostly white fraternities are not being any more discriminatory than black or minority orientated greek organizations people say I'm crazy. The doublethink is awful. Its a private organization nobody should be forcing anybody to join. It was the same bullshit with the Boy Scouts recently and pressuring them to accept members that don't meet their ethical and moral standards.
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I really won't make a comment in response to this post only because all we'll do is bicker back and forth forever, not changing a thing. Everyone in r/frat pretty much already has a firm opinion.
I will say though that I respect you for plainly expressing your opinion without condescension (unlike myself earlier) and that you provide a good argument that I would love to have civil discussion over, but time/place type deal and this wouldn't be it.
Have a good Friday man, stay safe tonight.
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wait, isn't what happened that the sororities actually wanted to rush the girls, but the alumnae of the sororities wouldn't let them? That to me seems like a pretty big difference, and I have no problem with that issue coming out to the public and the media
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Still in high school, eh?
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Then the work website filter clarified for me.
Reading comprehension, buddy. Yes, in the real world, companies use web filters too.
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Really?
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Holdouts FTW
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I hope this gets plenty of notice by guys in fraternities everywhere so we can actually start to realize the need to fight for our heritage instead of rolling over
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fuck off
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sigh. you racists sure are cute
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Discrimination is NF
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The idea of not handing out bids to everyone is discrimination based on a bunch of different shit
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It is supposed to be based on values which I don't consider discrimination
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Discrimination has many faces. You can discriminate based on someone's religious beliefs, race, color, nationality, and sexual preference. But also, you can discriminate based on the values someone holds.
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Pikes men of integrity. Wut?!