Although local chapters can be ass, fraternities take this sort of thing very seriously. There’s a bad reputation of them because of former partying and hazing that they are trying desperately to overcome.
If for no other reason than liability. They need to compartmentalize the blowback when a chapter fucks up, and being able to cite rules that they’ve enforced in the past is very helpful. While there is a certain level of cynicism involved, it does have a mild moderating effect when the chapters know there are limits to how far national will back them up.
Not sure how it is now but the chapters in the South of the one I was in 20 years ago were still pretty damn racist. They were surprised we let in black people. While they did not officially exclude them, they probably did not make it too welcoming.
Although local chapters can be ass, fraternities take this sort of thing very seriously. There’s a bad reputation of them because of former partying and hazing that they are trying desperately to overcome.
If for no other reason than liability. They need to compartmentalize the blowback when a chapter fucks up, and being able to cite rules that they’ve enforced in the past is very helpful. While there is a certain level of cynicism involved, it does have a mild moderating effect when the chapters know there are limits to how far national will back them up.
Not sure how it is now but the chapters in the South of the one I was in 20 years ago were still pretty damn racist. They were surprised we let in black people. While they did not officially exclude them, they probably did not make it too welcoming.