GR Is Not a Good Source

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...gregation.html

Here's the story from "The Daily Beast". It's about racism in the Greek system at Southern Methodist University, particularly Panhellenic.

An African-American student posted on Gr**kR**k (i.e. the site that shall not be named) about how tough it is be an African-American women trying to get a bid in an NPC organization at SMU. Anyone who has been on GR can, with very little imagination, guess how she was responded to. Most of the responses were uncalled for; many were reprehensive.

I'm not going to sit here and claim that we have eradicated racism in the Greek system; we haven't. It is still a problem in many chapters on many campuses.

But, to use GR as the totem to hold the Greek system against, I have a problem. (FWIW, I also have a major problem with the responses and attitude directed toward this young lady.) GR is a sh**stirring site in my opinion. I truly think that the majority of it is trolls who simply try to say outrageous things just to be shocking. And, again, I'm not going to pretend that some of the remarks posted aren't shared by some members of Greek organizations. I just have trouble believing that this "news" organization is going to paint an entire campus and Panhellenic system based on an anonymous website known for its outrageous remarks.

If you've never had the "pleasure" of visiting GR and you're a long-time GC poster, think of somE of the people Who used to post on here.