Thanks for reviving this 2 year old thread to tell us about the KA chapter on your unknown campus. This information is so very helpful to all of us.

Nice.

8 years since the OP (his nephew is now probably married and has kids).

so i'm reviving the thread this time. I myself am a member of KA. we are anything but racist. i go to school in southern louisiana, in an area where the kkk is still active. we have not one member who is in kkk nor have anyone who is racist. when anything happens on campus that does involve racism, it is usually one of two traditionally white fraternities, which i will not name but do have the largest numbers on our campus, or one of the three black fraternities. too be honest, racism happens more in our student government which is run by mostly black members and those of the previously referred to fraternities. my chapter has had 3 african american pledges in the past 3 years. none of them initiated however, but not because of racism. two wanted to switch schools after their first year and KA didn't have a chapter where they were going and the other one, who was my little brother, had to drop out because he didnt make grades and had his financial aid dropped. we have another guy who is half african american and half native american who is going to be rushing as soon as he makes grades.

over the years, KA has made many changes to end the racism stereotype that we gained over the years. Many chapters no longer dress in confederate uniforms for Old South, some just dress in antebellum southern gentlemen clothes. other chapters have changed the name of old south to south what their demographic region deemed less racist. One such changed theirs to dixie, a name chosen by other members of the student body. if you look at chapters across the united states, you will see a wide variety of people, races, backgrounds, and religions. doesn't sound like the kkk at all.

i would like to thank everyone who has spoke up in defense of my fraternity. and i'm sorry to anyone who has been a victim of racism over the years.

ztafairy, you're the one that needs to "chill" before you decide to make a comment that you knew for a fact would be offsensive to all KA brothers, before you even posted it. Read it in "a book"??? Or "heard it through the grapevine"??? Not very intelligent.

Yet you replyed to a post that was almost 9 years old.

Every southern fraternity has skeletons in its closet.

So now it's 2010, we should care about what's going on right now.

That said, bragging about not having any members in the KKK? I hope this isn't a recent accomplishment.

And yet I did reply to it for people like you to read. The misunderstanding, rumors and ignorance still go on. That's why I'm glad you read it.

You have no clue about what you're talking about. You're typical of the ignorance that I just mentioned.

Get a job.

LOL. He has one. He's also in a fraternity that has had to deal with some of the same accusations KA has.

I merely pointed out that it's pretty damn funny that you consider the fact that your organization actually, amazingly doesn't have any members in the KKK (currently) as something of a selling point. In 99.999999% of the rest of the world, it is my sincere hope that it is just assumed that a chapter has no members who are members of the KKK.

It is a bizarre thing your brother said. You're going to have to dial the sensitivity down a notch or two. You're not doing your image any favors with such disclaimers.

Actually, when you spout off like that to Kevin, you show you don't have a clue.

what i was saying is that KA has no association with the KKK...

i was defending my fraternity from the previous statement that our founders were in the kkk.. if they were.. there is no record of them being in it and also.. the KKK was formed in 1866.. KA in 1865...