Friday, January 11, 2019

Friday Review

True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America's Fraternities by John Hechinger
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This was an really interesting (and I thought fair) look at the fraternity system at U.S. colleges with insider interviews and lots of historical research.  It acknowledges the horrific racist history of the institutions along with their current atrocious behavior of binge-drinking and occurrences of sexual assault but also gave instances of fraternities that have devoted themselves to changing their image and creating a place of community for all genders, races and social classes.  I work on a college campus and while it is so easy (and appropriate) to disparage the fraternity as an organization,  it is also easy to notice the inherent loneliness that some students face on big college campuses.  This opened my eyes to the problems and possible solutions to the Greek system.  I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  



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