Ever the trivial-historical-fact comment here:
LXA did wait until the 1960's to allow non-whites (not sure
if we were one of the first or not). But I've heard stories about
how strictly they enforced it just before it was changed.
Obviously by the 50's there were some "progressive" chapters
who would admit non-whites....and they had to try and hide
it from HQ....if HQ found out, that was an easy way to loose
a charter!
Our chapter initiated an American Indian during that time....
had a "white" name of course, his name wasn't Chief Buffalo
Tail Smith or anything like that....but they always had to
"hide" him whenever chapter consultants came around.
Now he's one of our wealthiest alumni (according to the
grapevine)
OK, but here's the interesting historical note:
ThKN also had a whites-only clause in their constitution....
and they even used the term "Arian Race." BUT... oddly
enough...their constitution declared that American Indians
were ARIAN! So AI's could be ThKN's. At the time of the
union, LXA wouldn't admit AI's. But I've never heard
how that was "settled"
I'm sure there were so few cased of AI's actually joining
ThKN that they just ignored the issue. Would be interesting
to know how such a group (ThKN) came up with the idea in 1924,
when the KKK was seen as American as the Boy Scouts,
that AIs are "arian race"....must have been some AIs
amongst the 11 founding chapters.
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