“White” fraternity and sorority attitudes toward “blacks” on a deep‐south campus

Abstract

Surveys of “white” undergraduates on this deep‐South (University of Alabama) campus since its desegregation in 1963 have indicated increasing acceptance of both public and social interaction with “blacks.” The hypothesis that “white” fraternities and sororities retard this integrative process by serving as reservoirs of traditional racism was, however, strongly and consistently supported. Because Greek systems typically operate on‐campus under university aegis, this finding, to the extent it is generalizable, questions the resolve of university administrations in the pursuit of equality.