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Originally posted by kristiAZD
I guess things must be different up here where I go to school. I don't see this as being a huge deal. This guy decided to choose a fraternity that wasn't traditionally African-American, and I see that as being a big deal, but only because that school has nationally recognized African-American fraternities. Where I go to school we don't have these, and African-American students feel free to join whatever greek organization they please. I guess that's why our chapters are more racially mixed. There really isn't a bias here based on race because there are no special places that certain races feel they have to go. If this was the first black student to pledge a fraternity in the school's history and there were no African-American fraternities, yeah, I think that would be a big deal and I would be wondering what took so long, too. I don't know. I know what I'm trying to say in my head but it doesn't seem to be coming out the way I want it here, so if it is a little random, I apologize. Oh, I have a question I have wondered about but never asked: Are white, asian, hispanic, etc. students allowed to join African-American GLO's? Just wondering. 
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I just can't imagine racially mixed sororities and fraternities at your school that were not founded upon those principles. Maybe because I am in the south. To answer your question, there are a lot of BGLO's that have white, asian, hispanic members. Just as though some Afr. Am do not feel welcome in WGLO neither do these people.