Racial and Cultural Awareness in White Fraternity Men: Contributors to Misunderstanding

When thinking about fraternity life on a national level, many stereotypes come into play. Many cases of alcohol abuse, hazing, and sexual assault have been well documented amongst fraternities and college students in general. There have also been a number of incidents where fraternities have events that were culturally insensitive or outright racist. However, there is not a solid understanding of where their cultural awareness, or lack thereof, may come from and how it can lead to misunderstandings. This article will examine this trait further, particularly in white fraternity men, and develops a framework through which student affairs practitioners can challenge and educate members of the Greek community

An Analysis of Black, Latinx, Multicultural and Asian/Pacific Islander Fraternity/Sorority Organizational Values

The purpose of this study was to examine the espoused values of historically Black, Latinx, Multicultural and Asian/Pacific Islander fraternity/sorority organizations. This study reports the types of values discovered, as well as their alignment with universally accepted values that included: self-enhancement, openness to change, self-transcendence and conservation. Further examination included comparisons between the espoused universally accepted values of the above-identified organizations with those of historically White fraternity/sorority organizations

Communicative stractegies and tactics in the text of religous group "Great White Fraternity "Usmalos""

В статье рассматриваются ведущие коммуникативные стратегии и тактики, использующиеся в текстах религиозной тоталитарной секты "Великое Белое Братство "ЮСМАЛОС""

Spartan Daily, September 25, 1981

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The Black Lives Matter Movement and Why the Response of All Lives Matter is Misleading

This paper discusses the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s brief history and relevance, and the problem with the response of All Lives Matter and how it is misleading. It discusses incidents leading up to the initial Social Media hashtag and how the statement took off as a rallying cry in response to any incident which seemed to be racially motivated, especially in situations where police officers were involved resulting in the death of African American citizens. This article examines how the organization was first developed in response to the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman and his acquittal of murder charges in the resulting court case in 2013. Additionally, I discuss the media and conservative backlash in response to the group’s activities, and examine the criticisms of their actions, even trying to claim the Black Lives Matter organization itself should be considered a hate group. My paper comes from the perspective of a white male disgusted with modern racism having been a lifelong student of the Civil Rights and Black Liberation Movements while growing up in the diverse and politically charged atmosphere of Berkeley, CA and its surrounding Bay Area. Having been influenced and inspired by the powerful and socially conscious lyrics of Hip Hop of the late 80s through the 90s, I bring a unique voice to the conversation of current race relations

Post(racial)-Malone: (Un)conscious Habits of White Iverson

This phenomenological qualitative study explored the gender performativity of protest masculinity in a multi-institutional study of white male-identified fraternity men. The participants expressed sentiments of dispossession, postracial attitudes, and performed cultural appropriation. Participants appropriated Black culture because they considered this synonymous with their own lack of power and privilege, which they believe has been dispossessed. Implications are provided to suggest how campus-based professionals can further disrupt the (un) conscious habits of whiteness in fraternity men and forms of white supremacy through collaborative programming and campus-wide efforts

Examining the Influence of Whiteness on the Group of Socialization Process of College Men in the Traditionally White Fraternity System

Recent national examples demonstrate the incongruence between the traditionally White fraternity system and race. A 2014 racially and sexually suggestive email led to the suspension of a Kappa Sigma fraternity member at the University of Maryland (Associated Press, 2015, March 14). In December 2014, the Clemson University chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosted a gang-themed and racially offensive party, titled “Cripmas”, near the holiday season (WYFF, 2014, December 9). Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at the University of Oklahoma chanted racist songs on a bus in 2015 (Associated Press, 2015, April 3). The purpose of this study is to understand how racial attitudes are socialized within members of traditionally White fraternities through a critical examination of participants’ narratives on race and the concept of fit within fraternity membership. This study was constructed as a qualitative phenomenological multiple case study of students’ experiences with race specifically bounded within two separate traditionally and predominantly White fraternity’s new member education processes. This study used institutional theory as a theoretical framework through a critical constructivist lens to add to the body of knowledge on how White men use normative, regulative, and cultural-cognitive structures to perpetuate Whiteness. Narratives from all eight participants were presented in this study. From those narratives, ten subcategories were identified and divided into four major themes for analysis. The four major themes from this study were as follows: (a) Student Self-Governance, (b) the Minimization of Race and Racism, (c) Normalizing Whiteness, and (d) the Role of Racially Segregated Environments in Perpetuating White Supremacy. The findings from this study provide student affairs practitioners insight into how men in traditionally, predominantly White fraternities experience race. Fraternity members’ explanations of how they determine fit for fraternity membership can help illuminate the access issues inherent in homogenous, privileged environments. The critical constructivist approach used for this study can deconstruct the ways in which Whiteness is perpetuated in hegemonic White spaces

Perceptions of Race and Fit in the Recruitment Process of Traditionally, Predominantly White Fraternities

This study was constructed as a qualitative case study to explore racialized definitions of fit and how those perpetuate White supremacy within fraternity systems through a critical examination of participants’ lived experiences on race. Lived experiences from seven participants were presented to identify two major themes for analysis: (a) the minimization of race and racism and (b) normalizing Whiteness. This study used a social identity theoretical framework to deconstruct the ways in which Whiteness is perpetuated in hegemonic White spaces