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Originally Posted by Achilles87
For the fraternities that clearly identify themselves as being for a particular race or religion, could the National Office legally shut down a chapter for having too many members who do not identify with the given race/religion?
What if the national constitution does not include anything regarding a Chapter being required to have a certain racial/religious breakdown in order to maintain its charter?
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I really and truly believe that this is the flaw in the question.... I believe that even if the fraternity is "for" a particular culture or religion, I don't think any have discrimination clauses.
That said, I think that a chapter could be shut down not for having the "wrong" color or religion, but if that factor contributed to the chapter straying too far from the ideals of the fraternity.
If there was a mostly non-Black chapter of APhiA, I think our people would be fine with it. If they stopped having voter registration drives and refused to teach the history of the organization (which in itself is black history), then there would be a problem.