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As colleges & universities, including my own, announce ambitious plans to bring students back to campus amidst #COVID19, #highered leaders still haven’t fully faced the risks of campus party culture - A thread 1/11
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In our study of white college women, we found for affluent white students on “the party pathway,” college is a social experience, with classes here and there to legitimate it. Game days, Greek rush & bar crawls are the point. 2/11 #PartySchool #GreekLife https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674088023&content=reviews">https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.p...
We know from @JenniferSHirsch & @shamuskhan in #SexualCitizens that campus party culture is dominated by white, wealthy students. White #GreekLife often excludes by race, class, gender, sexuality, etc. & has a history of racism, hazing, sexual assault, property damage 3/11
For a great analysis of the "indulgence" granted to white fraternities, see @DrIbram& #39;s What’s the Difference Between a Frat and A Gang 4/11 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/america-frats-and-gangs/555896/#:~:text=Fraternities%2C%20surrounded%20by%20recruiters%20and,members%20into%20penitentiaries%20and%20poverty.">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...
In the context of #Covid19, #WhiteFraternities pose dangers to the entire community as hosts of already documented #superspreader events--and the semester hasn’t even started yet 5/11 https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/23/lsu-frat-parties-become-coronavirus-superspreader-/">https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020...
In light of #BlackLivesMatter 
https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> movements and the pandemic, universities are promising to keep students and the community safe from #Covid19 & recommitting to racial justice efforts 6/11
So why do universities plan to allow white fraternities to function this year when these racially exclusive organizations threaten both health & racial justice goals? #whiteprivilege #highered #covid19 7/11
We’re examining the purposes and values of many social institutions now, calls to #DefundThePolice have opened up possibilities for reimagining universities as well. What purpose does white Greek life serve and does it further the mission of higher education? 8/11
And, yes, white #GreekLife does lots of community service and people meet their best friends, but harms to the community--and even to the members--outweigh the benefits 9/11
Maybe we need to cancel white #GreekLife this year, for the safety of the entire community, and spend this time thinking about how we can transform these organizations 10/11
And maybe that just isn’t possible. The deep roots of racial exclusion & sexual/gender violence may be too deep, leading to the conclusion that white Greek life must be abolished. #AbolishGreekLife See @lisawade 11/11 https://time.com/4784875/fraternities-timothy-piazza/">https://time.com/4784875/f...
