i feel this way about it but regardless of the race. One friend of mine went through the process and had a surprising story to tell. they told them to line up side by side while they held their weight up in a push up position. one of the "frat bros" shoved their thumb up homies butt and kept yelling "don't look"....Most people i know would've gotten up so quick and socked him with a mean hook but not that guy. why would i want to be surrounded by people like that and then NOT KNOW which of them did that foolishness to me? lol DF??We were subjected to hundreds of years of slavery and made to do a lot of these same things and get this same treatment , why would people that you want to one day call brothers treat you like this in order to accept you? And why do you have to be part of some exclusive "group" for them to put words in for you , or in order for you to use them in networking and be a power player? Something i never understood. White folks do this for one another without all the drama, and just to help each other out while we find ways to make sure as little of our own progress
For the record, i did watch this movie, some good choices of young and up coming black actors, but this film just made me raise these questions. Wifey just flat out quit in the middle of the movie, due to her annoyance with all that went into the H*** Week. i at least wanted to see the end. So for purposes of the thread and the movie itself, while it was a good film, still left me with more questions than answers as to the nature of frat life.
Not in a frat but the issues with movies like this is that they only show part of the process, yes you see the bortherhood built and the hazing process but I think what has frats and sorors upset is the fact that you make a movie about a bunch of young men who choose to go down this path for all of the wrong reasons either they be paper or get hazed. Nowhere do they mention what happens after you join while your in school or out of school and many forget that you dont even have to finish to join you can literally find a grad chapter and join.
Many people will watch those movies just like Drumline and think they have a sense of what it means to join a frat. People get respect on campus for more then just wearing a color of arms. Very few will go read the Divine 9 and learn what these organizations actually stand for outside of what is portrayed in the movie and that in itself is sad
If you took the time to read my post you would know that i was not directing this to students on campus smh in was directing this to the people who will watch this not have a clue about what the divine 9 stand for. Obviously people who are on campus know but many who didn't will only have this as a takeaway.
That applies to anyone who has set foot on a campus or had friends/family who did. I don't think the audience for this movie is concerned with post pledging.
). I always enjoy reading the varying perspective on greek life, especially when it's from folks who have friends who went through a process and what not. Wild that homie in this thread mentioned knowing someone that had to get a finger put up their butt. Different strokes for different folks.
Exactly don't know what he's talking about lol and we know devine 9 members in real life.
My line brother watched it and said they were accurate in some aspects, but some "secrets" aren't necessarily so anymore in this day and age. Discretion's a concept that's lost on many, so the fact that this movie exists doesn't surprise me much. Haven't made it a point to watch it because I can imagine the takeaway from folks that aren't in greek organizations, and I can picture the reaction from people who are.
I'm not hopping on the offense or defense with this one because I don't really relate to that aspect of life very much anymore (pledged when I was 21 and I turn 29 this year
