Is Vanderbilt really as racist as I hear.

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>No, actually I was pointing out that having a black guy in a fraternity does not necessarily mean that other members in that organization are racist.</p>

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<p>Visions, your original statement was irrelevant and your explanation makes no sense. </p>

<p>But to answer the original question, that clearly depends on what you have heard.</p>

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<p>Then I’ll put it into words that you can understand: Frat A has a reputation for being racist, so Frat A lets a black guy into their fraternity. Most of the guys don’t have a problem with the black guy, but about 25% of them secretly don’t like him for the color of his skin. Frat A is still a racist frat.</p>

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<p>From VisionsDivine: “Then I’ll put it into words that you can understand: Frat A has a reputation for being racist, so Frat A lets a black guy into their fraternity. Most of the guys don’t have a problem with the black guy, but about 25% of them secretly don’t like him for the color of his skin. Frat A is still a racist frat.”</p>

<p>–Fallacy of Composition</p>

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<p>Do you have a real refutation or are you going to continue to squander logic phrases? Besides, that’s not a fallacy of composition. You’re wrong.</p>

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<p>25% of the guys in a frat are racist. The guys compose the frat. So the whole frat is racist…
That’s not a fallacy of composition? What would you call that, a hasty generalization? Or is that cherry picking? I’m not being sarcastic. I humbly ask you to correct me so I can be a better logician.</p>

<p>This is a pretty informal forum, so I didn’t know a “real refutation” is needed in place of some less wordy answer. However, as you can probably tell, I do like logic, so why not talk more about it?</p>

<p>It would also be fallacious for me to “refute” you by pointing out your fallacies, because just because your argument is fallacious doesn’t mean it’s necessarily false. If I attempted to prove you false by pointing out your fallacies, I would be committing the “fallacy fallacy.” Regardless, your argument is still illogical, and therefore not reliable.</p>

<p>Lastly, you said that I’m “wrong.” - looks like the burden of proof rests on you now. Why am I wrong?</p>

<p>At any rate, it does look like I’ve squandered logic phrases on you, Visions.</p>