What do people think about ethnic GLOs

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

Compared to several which are over 250 years old, yeah it's new. A chapter founded a century ago at many southern campuses is considered new row.

Touche. However, when you look at the NPHC orgs, you see orgs who are in the same form now as they were when they were founded almost 100 years ago. Many, if not the majority, of IFC/NPC groups changed/evolved/merged/consolidated/etc. to their current forms which flies in the face of your 'traditional' argument.

I won't even go into 'Southern Traditions'...

[Elephant Walk]

Go to a predominately black frat party and there is usually very little alcohol with lots of dancing and strutting.

And lots of fighting.

Black fraternities on campus here now have to have their parties at the HPER (gym) because all their registered parties end in fights in the parking lot.

[ejay286]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

And lots of fighting.

Black fraternities on campus here now have to have their parties at the HPER (gym) because all their registered parties end in fights in the parking lot.

Ok well if we are gonna go that route, look at how many deaths there are involving white frats and parties due to alcohol poisoning etc. And there is a very high incidence rate of rapes at these frat houses as well, many of which go unreported.

And why exactly was this brought up anyway? I thought we were discussing the reasons a minority would want to join a minority based organization, not the shortcomings of greek life.

[DSTCHAOS]

Threads like this are never a good idea.

And we've discussed this topic in some form or another on this board numerious times.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by ejay286

And why exactly was this brought up anyway?

Because BGLOs are not traditional Southern fraternities based on the white standard of "Southern tradition." We fight, dance and stroll too much. We need to fight, drink, and rape more to be considered traditional.

Since what ignorant members of any GLO do is about the organizational structures and not about the ignorant members themselves. It's a given on many campuses and in many cities that the mixture of alcohol, testosterone, group rivalry of some sort, and even local area nonGreeks in many cases often results in violence.