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Originally posted by josh8o:
Ok, here's the deal...
I noticed some old man look at my pledge pin, then look away.... Regardless of what he was thinking, it got me to thinking. By wearing a KA pin, and in the future letters, I would not only be representing the KA chapter at my school, but the KA organization as a whole. I do not want to represent a raciest fraternity in any way shape or form. I intend to put being in a fraternity on scholarship applications, and job applications in the future.
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I'm sorry, but I think to drop out of KA because of what people MIGHT think is kind of sad. My brother is a KA, and is the most fair-minded person I know. I personally know dozens of KA's from several different chapters, and I have yet to see any of them as being racist.
The fact that you were torn between KA and another fraternity is one thing. But to drop KA because of a thread on GreekChat is another entirely. I believe that your mind was probably made up that you would rather be somewhere else and the racism issue gave you a reason to leave.
Sorry, I'm not trying to be rude, but that's how I see it. No offense intended. It just really makes me mad whenever I hear people equate racism with Kappa Alpha. The fact that a famous Confederate soldier, Robert E. Lee, is honored as the fraternity's spiritual leader does not make every KA brother a racist.
***dzrose93 getting off her soapbox***