[Kevin]

Our organizations are reflections of the cultures from which we draw our membership and within those cultures, racism, the use of offensive racial terms and lack of any involvement whatsoever with anything outside of white, middle to upper class suburbia is still very common. As the cost of higher education gets more out of reach for those at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, especially in "red" states like Wisconsin, the problem is going to get worse rather than better no matter how many organizations are suspended and no matter how many mandatory diversity workshops are mandated.

I honestly don't know what, if anything can be done. I don't see shutting chapters down as effective, or in many cases as something schools can legally do. A surging Trump candidacy fueled by basically overt racism and homophobia doesn't give me a lot of hope either. The best you can do as an alumnus volunteer is to be involved at the local chapter level as much as possible, set a good example, model good behavior and set the expectation that your members act as decent human beings. It's a good start, but it won't always work.