Friday, March 26, 2004

I'm all for judging people by their character, not the color of their skin, which makes me wonder at the divisive situation going on between black fraternities and other fraternities at Georgia State. Phi Beta Sigma, a black fraternity, is upset that two members of Phi Kappa Alpha wore blackface to a party some of the Phi Beta Sigma members were at. The leadership of Phi Kappa Alpha suspended the offending brothers and apologized to the school. That, however, was not enough. Phi Beta Sigma obviously saw this as a perfect chance to improve their lot on campus, demanding more black faculty members, and a suspension of the entire offending fraternity. Georgia State should not tolerate such racist demands, and should ask Phi Beta Sigma to show proof that they themselves have tried to recruit non-black members, have included non-blacks in their own parties, and perform philanthropy for any non-black organizations. Until the blatant racism represented by Phi Beta Sigma and similar all-black groups is reined in, I fail to see how the administration can do anything but shun them. Anything else would be hypocritical in the extreme, and an insult to such heroes as Martin Luther King Jr., who would be disgusted at the current level of "reverse-racism" in our society.

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