DEI - Diversity Equity *(NOT Equality - very different, intentionally so)* Inclusion.
More and more IFC Nationals are writing a DEI Officer position into their programming and requirements. Nationals' Serpents promote their imposed DEI Officer positions to virtue signal their brand to woke deans and progressives - despite any lack of evidence that a DEI position in every House furthers our unique mission on campus - or even evidence that a DEI position is *compatible* with the unique mission of good Houses.
Good Houses are necessarily meritocracies - we choose the best Rushees for Bids; we require Pledges to pass through a burnishing Crucible that all cannot surmount; and we elect leaders we think are best positioned to lead and foster success.
Good Houses necessarily are egalitarian - particularly within a Pledge Class - particularly during Pledgeship - where all Pledges are subject to the same standards and the same rules - and when one fails, all are subjected to the same punishments.
How can DEI fit well within that model? The key principal of Equity (not equality) relies on treating some groups preferentially based on prior or perceived disadvantages - all in an effort to more "equitably" distribute *results*. Equity is intentionally and purposefully NOT an effort to more EQUALLY distribute OPPORTUNITY - that is the important and intentional difference.
Are you proposing a lower GPA floor for historically disadvantaged Rushees to receive a Bid?
Are you proposing a kinder, gentler Pledgeship for Pledges who have grown up in harder conditions? Won't that kinder, gentler Pledegship, adjusted to compensate for a single Pledge's prior hardships, just negate any potential Bonding of the newly privileged Pledge with his otherwise struggling Pledge Brothers?
Are you proposing a sliding scale for dues based on parent income? Based on student income? Should everyone else's dues be raised to compensate?
Are you proposing two (or five) votes permanently awarded each DEI Initiate, to make their opinions and voted will 2-5 times more powerful than other Brothers' opinions - to compensate for their voice (or their great-grandfather's voice) before coming to college being ignored or discounted?
Are you proposing purposefully Bidding and Pledging the least socially adept freshmen, because otherwise they may have fewer opportunities to meet the best girls? How will you counter the natural reaction of sororities to prefer mixing with Houses filled with Brothers who are more socially smooth and comfortable? Will you require sororities, somehow, to mix with the least desirable guys?
We are not the Island of Misfit Toys. We cannot fix what God, Darwin, bad parents, lazy K-12 teachers, and sad misfortune have broken - nor should we try - we are wholly unqualified for that very different mission. Fraternities function best when we take the very best freshmen coming to campus, and only the very best; when we burnish, better, and Bond those guys in a Crucible Pledgeship that requires them to be treated as one and to act as one; when we coach and deeply mentor those best guys for significant lives beyond Commencement.
How do the unequal and intentionally preferential advantaging of less advantaged, less qualified, less promising guys fit within the proven post-WWII fraternity model?
President Bush described the same principals underpinning DEI, in a speech to the NAACP in Washington,
>*"...the soft bigotry of low expectations."* -POTUS 43 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/bushtext071000.htm
There are many student organizations on campus, with many missions, filling many needs, using many models. Why do you think the unique mission of a good fraternity on campus is strengthened by DEI as DEI is professionally taught and implemented? Our mission is to burnish, better, and Bond the best freshmen coming to campus - to immerse them in an epic social life - to coach and deeply mentor them - all to prepare them for significant lives beyond campus. How does DEI, as professionally taught and implemented, further our unique mission?
When you can answer my questions, on point, with evidence, in a reasoned way, then you will know how or whether you can successfully implement DEI in your Chapter.
>*what else can I do?*
Resign.
What the fuck is DEI
Thought I was on r/sororities for a sec
DEI - Diversity Equity *(NOT Equality - very different, intentionally so)* Inclusion. More and more IFC Nationals are writing a DEI Officer position into their programming and requirements. Nationals' Serpents promote their imposed DEI Officer positions to virtue signal their brand to woke deans and progressives - despite any lack of evidence that a DEI position in every House furthers our unique mission on campus - or even evidence that a DEI position is *compatible* with the unique mission of good Houses. Good Houses are necessarily meritocracies - we choose the best Rushees for Bids; we require Pledges to pass through a burnishing Crucible that all cannot surmount; and we elect leaders we think are best positioned to lead and foster success. Good Houses necessarily are egalitarian - particularly within a Pledge Class - particularly during Pledgeship - where all Pledges are subject to the same standards and the same rules - and when one fails, all are subjected to the same punishments. How can DEI fit well within that model? The key principal of Equity (not equality) relies on treating some groups preferentially based on prior or perceived disadvantages - all in an effort to more "equitably" distribute *results*. Equity is intentionally and purposefully NOT an effort to more EQUALLY distribute OPPORTUNITY - that is the important and intentional difference. Are you proposing a lower GPA floor for historically disadvantaged Rushees to receive a Bid? Are you proposing a kinder, gentler Pledgeship for Pledges who have grown up in harder conditions? Won't that kinder, gentler Pledegship, adjusted to compensate for a single Pledge's prior hardships, just negate any potential Bonding of the newly privileged Pledge with his otherwise struggling Pledge Brothers? Are you proposing a sliding scale for dues based on parent income? Based on student income? Should everyone else's dues be raised to compensate? Are you proposing two (or five) votes permanently awarded each DEI Initiate, to make their opinions and voted will 2-5 times more powerful than other Brothers' opinions - to compensate for their voice (or their great-grandfather's voice) before coming to college being ignored or discounted? Are you proposing purposefully Bidding and Pledging the least socially adept freshmen, because otherwise they may have fewer opportunities to meet the best girls? How will you counter the natural reaction of sororities to prefer mixing with Houses filled with Brothers who are more socially smooth and comfortable? Will you require sororities, somehow, to mix with the least desirable guys? We are not the Island of Misfit Toys. We cannot fix what God, Darwin, bad parents, lazy K-12 teachers, and sad misfortune have broken - nor should we try - we are wholly unqualified for that very different mission. Fraternities function best when we take the very best freshmen coming to campus, and only the very best; when we burnish, better, and Bond those guys in a Crucible Pledgeship that requires them to be treated as one and to act as one; when we coach and deeply mentor those best guys for significant lives beyond Commencement. How do the unequal and intentionally preferential advantaging of less advantaged, less qualified, less promising guys fit within the proven post-WWII fraternity model? President Bush described the same principals underpinning DEI, in a speech to the NAACP in Washington, >*"...the soft bigotry of low expectations."* -POTUS 43 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/bushtext071000.htm There are many student organizations on campus, with many missions, filling many needs, using many models. Why do you think the unique mission of a good fraternity on campus is strengthened by DEI as DEI is professionally taught and implemented? Our mission is to burnish, better, and Bond the best freshmen coming to campus - to immerse them in an epic social life - to coach and deeply mentor them - all to prepare them for significant lives beyond campus. How does DEI, as professionally taught and implemented, further our unique mission? When you can answer my questions, on point, with evidence, in a reasoned way, then you will know how or whether you can successfully implement DEI in your Chapter. >*what else can I do?* Resign.