411 and SilverTurtle. I am in an IFC frat, and my chapter does practice branding for *BROTHERS* who want one. Notice, that it is something completely up to the person after pledging. I never gave a thought to the aspect of slavery when I got mine. I thought of the heritage of the act in my GLO chapter. That is the only history that matters. I thought of how much my GLO meant to me, and how much I wanted to show that. I haven't regretted it to this day. The thing that worries me most about this topic however is 411's comment that when people complained about them pulling out of IFC/Panhel that it was justified because they were different. This shows the double standard in todays society. If it were an all white glo pulling out then it would be on the news and broadcast as the most ugly incident of racism in years. I agree with Silver Turtle that racism and slavery still have a negative effect on todays society, but it's effect is two-fold, although it is rarely seen because AA on White racism is often looked upon as no big deal or even appropriate by society. At my school, which I'll call CDU, there are two paegants. one for MIss CDU, and one for Miss Black CDU. Last year both were black, but why was the second even necesssary? Greek life in general is dying in this country. It's time for blacks and whites and everyone else to quit squabbling about petty differences to get together and make sure we all have someplace to go back to 20 years from now on homecoming.
Scott
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