<p>Are Fraternities mostly racially exclusive? I.e. an Asian won't get into a Caucasian frat, and vice versa? I know this is very true of black fraternities, but I am curious how this is for other racial frats.</p>
<p>I know you're asking about frats, but I am in a sorority and mine is pretty diverse.</p>
<p>i would also like to know because im asian and would not feel comfortable in an "all asian" frat</p>
<p>I'm an asian. in fact, i spent 15 years living in China. so i've only been in US for 3-4 years.</p>
<p>but i'm in a typical-white-fraternity. my fraternity is fairly diverse, espeically at a school in Virginia (UVa), we have 1 black, 1 italian, 2 asians (including me), 1 bulgarian, 1 indian, 2 hispanics, and the rest are white.</p>
<p>You frat doesn't sound diverse at all. It's more like a token black here and a token asian there!</p>
<p>well, a lot of fraternities here are all white........ we are one of the most diverse ones, relatively. and no, us minorities got bids NOT because we are minorities...........</p>
<p>you want a fraternity that's 68% white, 10% black, 10% hispanic, 11% asian, and 1% other? that's never gonna happen. Greek system will always have large percentage of white people. Lots of minorities are not into greek life.</p>
<p>Yes, frats as a whole are generally racially segregated. Like the above poster said, you get some "token" minorities but that doesn't make it diverse. Of course in urban areas there's more mixing, but college in America is still dominated by white people anyway so it's not surprising.</p>
<p>My fraternity is actually more diverse than my school as a whole. But even if a frat isn't diverse, they're not going to not give a bid just because you are Asian.</p>
<p>It's not that minorities aren't involved in the Greek system, but the system itself has a long history of racial segregation that more or less exists to this day. There are Black frats, Asian frats, Latino frats and White frats, and there is little impetus for the Greek system to break down its system of de facto segregation. That being said, its not like they won't let you in b/c you are or aren't a certain race...in fact, I'm pretty sure that'd be illegal lol.</p>
<p>KB</p>
<p>lets also not forget that the racial diversity of your school has an impact.</p>
<p>the reason there are so many different racial frats is cause people dont join frats that are dominated by another race - if that changed, there would be no racial frats left</p>
<p>Most of the long standing frats at one time or another didn't allow non-whites to pledge, forcing minority students to form their own organizations. I can understand why students of color shy away from the mainstream frats, given thier history of racial self-segregation and intolerance. It's hard just to forget all that and cross racial lines, and for that reason, the Greek system remains as a de facto segregated an institution.</p>
<p>"I know this is very true of black fraternities"
I've never heard of a black fraternity turning someone down because they are not black.</p>
<p>Perhaps but we've done it with companies, schools, neighborhoods, etc (though not completely of course), why cant we integrate frats as well?</p>
<p>We haven't really done that. The vast majority of schools are also defacto segregated, as are neighborhoods. That's why we need universities to be the societal vanguards for racial intergration and understanding. Unfortunately, I believe the Greek system sometimes stands in the way of that.</p>
<p>hmmm, i think another difference in the greek system is the activities that the different frats partake in. as an african american female, numerous of my black male friends who are in frats joke about how all white frat members do is drink. so that may be a factor...</p>
<p>i go to NU and i'm an african-american female. there's a big difference between white greek life and black/minority greek life. for one thing, whites on campus don't seem to know that black fraternities exist. during the white greek rush period, all of my white friends asked me if i was pledging and i said that i can't pledge until my sophomore year (black sororities have this rule) and they all were surprised there was black greek life. whenever i say i went to a Delta or a Kappa party, i get a, 'there was a party this weekend?' i have to reply, it's a black frat and then i receive a 'ohhhh...'</p>
<p>haha, also, the none of the black greeks have their own houses recognized by the school, so that's kind of messed up. but there's no such thing as being exclusive. it's just that people in general are naturally exclusive on their parts, and you can't blame them. i mean, how many white people can honestly say they're comfortable being the only white person in a group of blacks? the Kappas on our campus have one white guy and he's one of the coolest people i know. it's just that blacks usually pledge black greek and vice versa for whites. don't be too intimidated by it, if that's what you wanna do.</p>
<p>With alot of black frats and sorors (or minority greek organ.) they are typically of one race i.e. all black frats. This is because they are HISTORICALLY that way.College campuses that have any of the Divine 9 (nine original black fraternities and sororities) are more often than not going to be all black because those are the people who tend to pledge. Some of them are intergrated. Like at my school there is a white guy who is a member and president of Iota Phi Theta (a historically black frat) so it can happen.</p>