I know that this is probably the wrong place for this (as I can't
really see whites here coming out and admitting they were part
of a white frat)- but i really want to hear from OKPs who were members of a white fraternity,
or who defend their existence as being legitimate organizations.

My experience has been the inverse of most white students, in that
the only fraternity I have been a part of is a black fraternity I joined
while at Howard. My experiences there were extraordinary, and while
I was targeted and set out to endure harsher standards upon pledging
(as one of the select few non-black brother to join the fraternity in its history) - I welcomed
it and cherished it as an invaluable social experience that I was privileged
to partake in. That said, I never witnessed an ounce of racism within that
fraternity - as would make sense because the reason the fraternity exists
in the first place is because it rose out of necessity within a racist climate
that did not afford opportunity to non-whites.

I went to undergrad in the south (Virginia) - and my experiences with white fraternities by and large brought me to a conclusion that a large percentage of them were racist organizations that in many ways were remnants of the Old Dixie South. The SAE debacle is indicative of the larger wolf pack culture amongst white fraternities that both implicitly and overtly represents a legacy of Jim Crow/segregation whereby white fraternities coalesced to hoard opportunity and power for their members. They serve no legitimate function in my opinion and I'd like to see these fraternities infiltrated en masse to expose their fraudulence.

But if you think otherwise, I'd like to hear you out.


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