Ted, I'm not sure you really answered my question, or maybe I didn't understand your point. But I do know about the frat boy culture, and how they cater to affluent white boys. That kind of stuff turned me off.
In Cornell, the dorms were divided up into West Campus and North Campus. West Campus was right next to the frat houses, and they tended to have the white party boys there. North Campus is where the minorities hung out, especially Asians, blacks, and Hispanics. (The black dorm, Ujamaa, was in North Campus.) North Campus also had the only all-female dorm, called Balch. This dorm was popular among Asian girls who wanted to get away from the guy-girl fraternization (even though ironically that dorm had a LOT of guy visitors at any given point in time, including 3:00 AM).
Anyway, you seem to think that the problems with college fraternities all stem from the fact that they lack diversity, that it's still a rich white boy club. Even when they have minority members, those members are expected to conform to the white boy frat culture.
I can't argue with that characterization because it's actually true. But I can tell you that the problems with these frats aren't unique to them. You've heard of the binge drinking culture in Korea, haven't you? How is that any different from the frat boy culture here? At least here colleges are aware of the problems with frats and have been for decades. In Korea, the problems with their binge drinking culture have only become publicized in recent years.
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