What would you do if your son...

1908Revelations · #1 05-25-2007, 03:59 PM

Hello gentlemen!

On AKA Av. there is a thread asking about our daughters (if/when we have them about them joining another sorority).

Sooo.....How do you feel about your son and the thought of a fraternity other than your own? I have a friend who insist that his son (should he have one) will be a Kappa and he couldn't imagine anything else.

PS
I didn't want to post the same question in all of the 5 forums, so tell us what you think.

Senusret I · #2 05-25-2007, 07:30 PM

I am only insisting that my children (male and/or female) pledge Alpha Phi Omega. If there is no chapter, they will charter or recharter one.

I am so dead serious. Me and Attractive#7 (absent GC poster) have already decided this. Her baby has already worn her APO onesie.

If my son(s) don't pledge Alpha, that's okay. Although I would like for them to have a fraternity experience, I'd be more hurt if they pledged one of my "must not pledge" organizations. lol

But serious, too.

Attractive#7 · #3 05-25-2007, 08:06 PM

LOL

bad pic...but you see the letters!

1908Revelations · #4 05-28-2007, 12:27 PM

Awwwww......Attractive#7

KAPital PHINUst · #5 05-28-2007, 05:20 PM

If my son (or daughter) wants to pledge Alpha Phi Omega, I would tell them exactly what to expect, so that they will know what they are getting into. In any event, I would fully support their decision either way they decide to go. If my son decides to be a Gamma Sig, I'm disowning him (j/k)

If my son wanted to join an NPHC org other than Kappa, I would respect their decision, though I would ask why they were interested in another org.

If my son wanted to join an NIC org, I would be surprised yet in some ways proud that he was willing to affiliate with those whose social culture would probably be different from what he would most likely be accustomed to--IMHO that requires a certain degree of humility, but if he can identify with such individuals that he could call them brothers, who am I to deny his right to such joy in a bond of brotherhood? I would tell him to expect a social dynamic that is significantly different from that of an NPHC org, but if he can handle that, more power to him.

gamma_girl52 · #6 05-29-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst

If my son decides to be a Gamma Sig, I'm disowning him (j/k)

Be quiet!

KAPPAtivating · #7 05-29-2007, 06:24 PM

I don't have any biological kids, but I am the Guide Right Chairperson for our chapter. Therefore, I call my Kappa League, my 'sons'. I tell them all the time that they do not have to pledge KAPPA, but always remember that 'anything less than the best is a felony!' I know have a couple that want to pledge other orgs., and I can respect their choice to do so, but there are two orgs. that I will automatically be like...

Ivy Leaque · #8 05-30-2007, 10:21 AM

I have a daughter and she will pledge Alpha Kappa Alpha. It is her destiny. My mom and my sister and I both did and I am sure she will not need any pursusasion to join.

AKA2D '91 · #9 05-30-2007, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ivy Leaque

I have a daughter and she will pledge Alpha Kappa Alpha. It is her destiny. My mom and my sister and I both did and I am sure she will not need any pursusasion to join.

Okay.
A comes before K.
Alpha comes before Kappa.

Anyway, there IS an Alpha Kappa Alpha forum or AKA AVE. When you arrive, please let us know your AKA info (chapter of initiation, year, etc) in the appropriate thread, it's STUCK at the top. You can't miss it.

Thanks!

nupe357 · #10 08-11-2007, 11:18 AM

Hello All:

Naturally I want my two sons (ages 4 and 6) to be Kappas like me. However, if they decide to go with another NPHC organization I won't be mad at them. If they go outside of the NPHC we will have a problem....

All in all, I am more concerned about them becoming Prince Hall Masons than I am in them becoming Kappas (although I love both).

Nupe357

PrettyBoy · #11 09-15-2007, 04:09 AM

I don't have any children yet, but if I did have a son, I wouldn't mind if he pledged another fraternity as long as it was within the NPHC. If it was any glo outside of the NPHC, then I would have an issue with that.

My dad is an Alpha, and both my brother and I pledged Kappa. So it happens.

KAPital PHINUst · #12 09-15-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I don't have any children yet, but if I did have a son, I wouldn't mind if he pledged another fraternity as long as it was within the NPHC. If it was any glo outside of the NPHC, then I would have an issue with that.

Why is that? Just curious....

PrettyBoy · #13 09-15-2007, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst

Why is that? Just curious....

If they did go outside of the NPHC, there would be nothing I could do. The reason why I would have some concern though is because during and before the turn of the Century African Americans were not allowed in white organizations, so we started our own. I wouldn't feel comfortable knowing that my son is a member of an organization who's founders judged men by the color of their skin rather than by the content of their character. On another note, there are still some chapters that still segregate to this very day. I wouldn't want my son to be apart of that.

AKA_Monet · #14 09-16-2007, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

If they did go outside of the NPHC, there would be nothing I could do. The reason why I would have some concern though is because during and before the turn of the Century African Americans were not allowed in white organizations, so we started our own. I wouldn't feel comfortable knowing that my son is a member of an organization who's founders judged men by the color of their skin rather than by the content of their character. On another note, there are still some chapters that still segregate to this very day. I wouldn't want my son to be apart of that.

Interesting because this just happened on Ole Miss' campus:

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Ole Miss Suspends Frat for One Year
By REGINA L. BURNS
Associated Press Writer

JACKSON, Miss. — A University of Mississippi fraternity has been suspended for a year after a black student said he was the victim of a racial slur and a physical assault at a party, school officials said Friday.
Freshman Jeremiah Taylor, 18, said he was pushed down the stairs while attending a Delta Kappa Epsilon party Aug. 22 on the Oxford campus, according to school officials. The student newspaper, The Daily Mississippian, reported Friday on its Web site that Taylor said he was called the N-word at the party.

Taylor, of Southaven, filed a complaint on Aug. 24 with the Dean of Students' office, said Jeffrey Alford, Associate Vice Chancellor for university relations at Ole Miss.

Alford said the party got out of hand and people were asked to leave. Taylor told Mississippi Public Broadcasting in a Sept. 10 radio report that he was on his way downstairs, when "a guy in an orange shirt threw a beer can at me and hit me in my left shoulder." Then others shoved him down the stairs, he said.

Ole Miss officials said Friday the school's judicial council had found the historically white fraternity guilty of violations of harassment, assault, disorderly conduct, possession of alcohol and hosting an unauthorized party.
Alford said the fraternity was also fined $1,000, which will be used to fund an alcohol and drug education program; its members were required to perform 20 hours of community service and attend a racial sensitivity program. Members can continue to live at the residence, but they cannot recruit or socialize, he said.

The newspaper reported this is the first strike against the fraternity in the school's two-strike alcohol policy.

When asked by The Associated Press if this was the first time Ole Miss had suspended a fraternity for racial slurs and harassment, Alford said, "I don't know. It certainly is the first time in recent memory."

He said that all Ole Miss freshmen take a creed that says "I believe in respect for the dignity of each person."

PrettyBoy · #15 09-16-2007, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Interesting because this just happened on Ole Miss' campus:

AKA_Monet thanks for posting this. This is exactly what I'm talking about, and the reason why I wouldn't want my sons or daughters pledging or getting involved in any of the white glos. They were founded on racist beliefs and they are still racist.

btw: You jokers outside of the NPHC can comment on my post here if you want to, but my opinions about your glos are going to remain unchanged.