Pledging or Hazing? Investigating the controversy surrounding black fraternities and
 

Found this story in the Havard Independent Newspaper:
Pledging or Hazing?


Investigating the controversy surrounding black fraternities and sororities.

Many black Greek societies face growing pressure to reform or shut their doors in the face of charges of hazing around the country. Natasha Alford ’08 brought attention to the controversy in a Crimson editorial published last fall.
The troubling incident described by Alford, a social studies concentrator in Dunster House, was not an isolated one. In 2006, Marcus Jones, a 19-year-old student at Florida A&M University, was beaten with wooden canes while pledging Kappa Alpha Psi and suffered a ruptured ear drum, along with other injuries. Two of the perpetrators in this incident now face prison sentences, and the chapter has been banned from campus until 2013.....
http://www.harvardindependent.com/node/182

Alford believes the prospect of being part of a larger black community draws people to Greek life. “I think that the appeal of black Greek organizations is being connected to bigger things,” she said. “There is a very strong black community at Harvard, but it is just the Harvard black community. When you become a Greek, you have instant connections across the nation.”

She is a damn fool. EVERYWHERE I go, the Harvard black community trumps even the strongest black fraternity.

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ya know! i swear "black ivy" has their own hand sign, call, and sweatshirts.

Thanks Jon for the article. But please don't put too much stock into it. It is superficial and not very well-written. Two people were interviewed who seemed have limited knowledge and experience.

K;)

I agree with LG. Both of the interviewees were college students; the article would be a bit more credible for me, if they had interviewed someone with a more substantial history of studying or being involved with our organizations. Is Alford associated with a BGLO?

She's the chick from Harvard who claims she was pledging an NPHC sorority last year, got hazed, and "bravely" walked away.