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Hey all:
I personally feel like folks are comin' down on frat because he isn't saying what is politically correct and basically he is saying what a lot of folks out there are pretty much feeling, but don't have the balls and/or ovaries to say so.
That doesn't take away from well articulated statements such as Blackwatch's which pose a different point of view and a very good strong one. I hear this brothah as well.
I can't say what the solution is. I personally don't think there is one that will sit well with folks. Sentiments here in Los Angeles are that basically no matter what is done, folks are going to just basically go deep...deep underground if need be. Because no matter what, no one just wants to start processing people into their organizations (i.e. fill out the paperwork and it's all good). No matter what, people are going to WANT to be part of a process that they deem to have instilled some sense of bonding between them and their line sisters/brothers. Sure, the real work comes after, the bonding continues AFTER one crosses, but some of the bond is not ONLY with your own respective line, it is with the sorors in your city, region, etc. And whomever said they didn't care about respect from whomever else...that is you! I don't know too many people who feel that way. Again, we can say what we want on this e-mail but representing when face to face is an entirely different story. When you don't get certain things "on line" you can feel very much removed, whether conscious or unconscious.
I have to agree with whomever said that the solution may be to go above ground again. Those who went straight intake, I don't expect to agree. I only say this because it does indeed hold everyone accountable for the safety of the pledges. No, that doesn't mean that people weren't hurt or didn't die when the process was above ground. But this situation is so faulty on the behalves of all parties involved.
If the national organization has no record of the ladies who were pledging the girls or the pledgees thatn whose fault is it? I do not think it is the sorority's. If the only people who knew those girls were doing x,y, and z were her family and friends, then they are partially responsible. That chapter has been suspended for so long that it was the last thing on people's minds to think that illegal activities were going on.
I say bring it all to light. Let the professors, teachers, family, classmates, chapter advisors, everyone know that xyz are pledging abc sorority. In addition to revisiting our process (because the one in place now isn't working). That was if pledgee shows up tomorrow with a missing tooth then everyone knows and everyone is accountable. The way it is now, everything is speculation and heresay. As of yet, this story hasn't even been unfolded to tell the entire truth.
Anyway, just my $19.13. And before anyone makes any assumptions, YES! I am active and financial and have been since DAY 1! Have a meeting to go to now as a matter of fact.
Check y'all later.
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