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Hugheyis a Ph. D. candidate in sociologyand an adjunct instructor ofsociologyand media studies atthe Universityof Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.  \nBlack, White, Greek    \nLike Who? Howard University  \nStudent Perceptions of a White Fraternity on Campus  \nBy Matthew W. Hughey  \n. . . as a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.  \nI feel that it is an embarrassment toadda historically white and racist fraternity to Howardís historically rich Greek legacy.  \nóD. Edgarton, Howard student, The Hilltop, 17 February 2006  \n. . . perhaps the arrival of Pike reflects the current state of historically black fraternities and sororities. While Pike had the blackface incidents and exclusionary clause, didnít (donít) we have the paper-bag test and classism?  \nóA. Johnson, Howard student, The Hilltop, 22 February 2006  \nOn 2 March 1867, the Historically Black College or University (HBCU) Howard University (HU) was founded in Washington, D. C. Almost exactly one year later, and barely one hundred miles away in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 1 March 1868, the all  \nwhite fraternity of Pi Kappa Alpha was founded atthe University of Virginia. Over 100 years later, on 18 February 2006, fifty-five HU students became charter members of Pi Kappa Alpha (ìPikeî), making the Pikes the first traditionally White social Greek organization tobegin a ìcolonyî1 at HU. This is significant because although law prohibits de jure membership bias and exclusion based upon race in both U.S. educational institutions and their corresponding fraternities and sororities, racial separation prevails de facto through custom, tradition, and preference in a Greek system comprised of historically racially homogenous organizationsóalong a White/non-White dichotomy.  \nThis study adds nuance to the narrative of HBCUs and Greek life by identifying, describing, and constructing a picture of HU student responses to the Pike colony. In the dominant historical account of Helen Horowitz (1987), Greek members are depicted asthe ultimate campus ìinsidersî who set the tenor of campus life. If indeed Greek organizations act as a dominating influence upon campus life, what role does the establishment of a White fraternity mean for the campus culture of HU? At its best, such a move represents increased racial tolerance, integration, understanding, and positive social change. While at its worst, it represents the continued legacy of colonization, racist appropriation, and the denigration of a Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) legacy at a premier HBCU.  \nSuch a radical divergence of meaning gestures toward a critical rearticulation of how HU students employ differing strategies, rhetorical frames, and ideologies in order to make sense of the Pike presence. Recent scholarship has borne witness to a shift from considering racial identity and its contextual milieu as ìtextsî and/ or ìartifactsî of paradigmatic manifestations of culture, toward the recognition of the central importance of the dramaturgical and performative nature of identity. It is precisely because ìthe body as textî became such a common academic staple, that we must question not whether we recognize the body as being textually inscribed, but how we assign to it what de Saussure has called, ìits proper place.î Recognition of subjectivity, legitimacy, and inscription in regard to race gestures toward an inquisition of what Fanon has called the ìpolitics of the skin.î  \nThis transition from a textual to a performative paradigm of racial politics and identity invites renewed investigations of the dynamic and processual aspects of power, authenticity,(dis)location, and self-determination, and can reveal new perspectives by highlighting and comparing diverse forms of performative practices. Such a move asks the necessaryóbut by no means absoluteóquestion of how (re)thinking ìraceî as a performative verb, rather than as a stable noun, can guide us. Further, performative-attuned perspectives can enable our un","cbCaiqcVOvvaeYsq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqcVOvvaeYsq","pdf",89842,27,"English","# Background and context\n## Howard University and Pi Kappa Alpha history\n# Research focus and framework\n## Student responses to the Pike colony\n## From textual to performative paradigms of race\n# Student reactions and implications\n## Divergent meanings and campus culture\n## Racism controversies and comparisons with BGLOs","[{\"question\":\"What event does the study focus on at Howard University?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on the 2006 founding of a Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) colony at Howard University and the resulting student reactions to a traditionally White fraternity on campus.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is the Pike presence considered significant for campus culture?\",\"answer\":\"Although membership bias is legally prohibited, the study argues that racial separation persists through custom and preference, making the introduction of a White fraternity culturally consequential for HU.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the study conceptualize race and identity?\",\"answer\":\"It moves from treating racial identity as a “text” or “artifact” to emphasizing race as performative, embodied, and shaped by power, authenticity, and shifting “formations.”\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document treat comparisons between Pike and BGLO organizations?\",\"answer\":\"It acknowledges that BGLOs have also faced accusations related to hazing and discriminatory practices, while contrasting how each is received within the Black community and campus debates.\"}]","Like Who? 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