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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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Yea, well, Duke will be Duke.  [/quote]

The Greek system is off campus and “unofficial” at Duke, which is mostly a good thing because it’s even smaller than it used to be, but also a negative because the school no longer has oversight or control.

It’s possible that though Greek life at Duke is now smaller, it’s more awful and obnoxious than it used to be? It’s also possible that was a terrible fraternity group and others are different?

Even when I was there in the 1990s, there were a range of personalities and types. Lots of good guys but also a few frats we avoided like the plague. I kind of liked that, because a lot of the jerks flocked together and were therefore easier to avoid! 😂

Wondering if it’s similar there now? [b]Anyone with kids currently at Duke who could share some insight on the role of Greek life there right now? [/b]

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