TY JJ for shining a lil light on my ignorance, for which I am partially embarrassed now. Yet, I think it's better for me to ask than to continue in ignorance. Yes, I have done a fair amount of research into what Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. is about; the results of which has produced some limited insight into the goals and history of the fraternity. Also I figured what better way to gain some understanding in this area than from the mouths of actual greeks, so I consider this a form of research as well. But to clarify a little, my question lies more in this: I've heard from a greek that aside from rituals, ceremonies, handshakes, the meaning of cetain symbols and having his history and founders beat into his memory he learned nothing else during his pledging process. Now, from my understanding, (please correct me if I am wrong), one commonality in the founding of each org in the pan was for the upliftment of blacks as a whole people. Keeping that in mind I would expect that something toward that end would be taught during the pledging process or elsewhere in the lifetime of membership in an org. I don't expect anyone to tell me what they were taught specifically because I would of course have to be a member of their org to be privy to that info. But please, somebody, tell me there's more to it than that....
P.S. My apolgies to the members of Kappa Alpha Psi if any offense was taken. None was intended. I'm learning everyday.
