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To: arbitrary.squid
Those fraternities exist because traditionally, there was no way in hell anyone who wasn’t white was getting into a fraternity. When I went into the greek system in Oklahoma in the 1980s, there were no Asians, no Hispanics, no blacks allowed in any of the longstanding fraternities. I wasn’t prepared for the level of racism I saw, but it was brutal. It totally ruined what I had been brought up to believe was going to be a great time of life.

Exaggerate much?. I went to OU in the 80s, and my fraternity (founded in 1850) included Asian, Native American, Iranian, and Lebanese members. I did have a Hispanic pledge brother who didn't stick with it, but he was a bit of an oddball.

58 posted on 03/11/2015 12:21:40 PM PDT by WhatWouldReaganDo
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To: WhatWouldReaganDo

There were fraternities that weren’t racist, but there were ones that were. I went through the greek system at OU and OSU in the 80s and saw good and bad.


59 posted on 03/11/2015 12:27:06 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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