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Originally Posted by shinerbock

If you want to be treated with respect at all times, and have your self esteem constantly boosted, don't pledge in the south. However, if you would like to learn how to be an adult male, act as a gentleman, and take personal responsibility, it may be for you. What people fail to realize is that professors and administrators are not usually against fraternities because they don't promote respect for each other, but rather because they simply don't like the types of people in fraternities. Why? Because they're often wealthy, white, republicans, and they don't generally appeal to academia. Fraternities aren't inclusive, nor should they be, and many in the education business have difficulty with this, as they feel everyone should feel included, whether they belong or not.

I find that there are several schools in the South where this is not the case...and many chapter members that would take offense to such a label. More and more chapters include Hispanics, Blacks and other ethnicities and often times members have to work to put themselves through school, as well as pay their own dues. I do not think politics has anything to do with faculty/admin feelings toward Greeks. I think it is the lack of a congruence between what we say we believe and what we actually do that causes the most concern and friction. Hazing would be an example of that lack of congruence.