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Title: Black Haze: Violence, Sacrifice, and Manhood in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities (African American Studies) by Ricky L. Jones ISBN: 0-7914-5976-4 Publisher: State University of New York Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent start but further work needed.
Comment: R.L. Jones has produced an exceptional book. His scholarship and presentation are pioneering and expert. Speaking as a reader who has "survived" the brutality of hazing while pledging a chapter of Omega Psi Phi, this book brought back many recollections about the 'process'. Prof. Jones has written about some of the very things that motivated my line brothers and I to endure such harsh treatment. To be "made right" and not be "cat" or an "Eternal Lamp". Making illogical and inhumane treatment seem totally acceptable and even caring or 'loving' on the part of our Big Brothers. The author talks of what contributes to the cycle of the abuse. For many folks 'on line' often dream about what hell they will be able to put others through when they in turn attempt to gain membership in the fraternity after them.
I found the book lacking (only somewhat) in several areas:
1. A more detailed analysis of intraracial ("light skin or dark skin") African American conflict and how it effects membership, economic class and even attraction of black individuals to certain Black Greek Fraternities and Sororities.
2. A discussion of Homosexuality and Black Greek Male Societies. The Homophobia that permeates the African American Community is often magnified in these groups which are founded on Christian heterosexual mores. Every group that I have come across on the Eastern seaboard at various campuses has always spoken negativly about gays while certain members have to remain 'closeted'. These men in turn may even be more brutal hazers as they attempt to prove to themselves that they are "real men" and quell any suspicions about their own sexuality. But as said, these groups mirror society.
3. More details in the Appendix of actual BGF hazing incidents were needed. Names and exact dates if possible so that those who want to research those incidents further (parents of students entering some of the institutions named for example).
But the book is very good and well worth the cost (softcover). I also recommend:
Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing
by Hank Nuwer and The Color Complex: The Politics of Skin Color Among African Americans
by Kathy Russell
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Title: Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs, and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Soroities by Walter M. Kimbrough ISBN: 0838640249 Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities by Lawrence C., Jr. Ross ISBN: 0758202709 Publisher: Dafina Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Hazing Reader by Hank Nuwer ISBN: 0253216540 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Soulstepping: African American Step Shows by Elizabeth C. Fine ISBN: 0252024753 Publisher: University of Illinois Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins ISBN: 1401300464 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 14 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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