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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any mention of going Greek on this forum is always a trigger.  Why is that?  Why do people care so much?  I mean, if it's not your thing, great, but why judge so harshly when somebody else does it?   [/quote]

Honestly, for me I see it as one of the last vestiges of white social exclusion along with country clubs.

I can get into most country clubs but a few still won't take me because I am not white.  I think there is something similar with fraternities/sororities.
These are institutions that make it easy to be racist and they frequently attract students that are racist, indifferent to racism, or at least tolerant of racism.
So when you say "didn't get a bid hunh?" it sounds like racists rubbing it in.

I have a niece, objectively gorgeous and she wanted to join a sorority and it was no big deal because she was going to a northeastern school where the greek system has integrated.
But I know a kid that went to Duke and he is extremely athletic, smart, confident and popular and he ended up transferring to Chicago or all places to get the F out of there after his experience with the greek system.  He was expected to accept a certain level or racism as playful, but the racism only went one way.  This is not to single out Dule, I expect this is true at a lot of schools.
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