I heard this movie was awful, and I should've listened. First of all, it's amazing what people will sensationalize in order to get money and attention. It's even more amazing how many people actually believe everything they see in these movies.
As a woman who comes from a Masonic lineage, as well as a lineage within the Divine 9, I was appalled at how they could depict this type of abuse and brutality in an effort to make BGLO's look bad. I'm glad this is a false fraternity made for t.v. I have a cousin who is an Alpha Phi Alpha, a cousin who is Delta Sigma Theta, I know several AKA's, and another cousin is Sigma Gamma Rho. That's not even including everybody I left out. I became an Eastern Star, which is not Divine 9, but I can safely say that I know the untrue and unnecessary crap jealous people put out about organizations and societies they don't understand, and are not a part of, simply to try to warp people's minds or turn them off the idea of joining. Not one of us endured this type of abuse, nor were we that desperate to be a part of something that we were willing to allow it.
Pushing people into hot showers, spitting in people's faces, beating the crap out of people, and verbally abusing people. Ghetto fabulous groupie women with no pride banging all the brothers, and "Big Brothers" pushing pledges around and treating men like punks all for the privilege of going to parties and wearing letters... I THINK NOT! Humiliation and degradation. What is this? The Crips and Bloods? This is not a frat! The psychological torture and emotional breakdown behind this alone would make people quit, not join.
This movie truly has it all in terms of stereotypes, and I can totally see why several of my friends within several different fraternities/sororities took offense to this mess.
That's not to say hazing hasn't been done, or ISN'T still done to some extent, but you can't put that out there like this is how all initiates are treated, or this is what all brotherhoods stand for. That's not the case!
As a woman who comes from a Masonic lineage, as well as a lineage within the Divine 9, I was appalled at how they could depict this type of abuse and brutality in an effort to make BGLO's look bad. I'm glad this is a false fraternity made for t.v. I have a cousin who is an Alpha Phi Alpha, a cousin who is Delta Sigma Theta, I know several AKA's, and another cousin is Sigma Gamma Rho. That's not even including everybody I left out. I became an Eastern Star, which is not Divine 9, but I can safely say that I know the untrue and unnecessary crap jealous people put out about organizations and societies they don't understand, and are not a part of, simply to try to warp people's minds or turn them off the idea of joining. Not one of us endured this type of abuse, nor were we that desperate to be a part of something that we were willing to allow it.
Pushing people into hot showers, spitting in people's faces, beating the crap out of people, and verbally abusing people. Ghetto fabulous groupie women with no pride banging all the brothers, and "Big Brothers" pushing pledges around and treating men like punks all for the privilege of going to parties and wearing letters... I THINK NOT! Humiliation and degradation. What is this? The Crips and Bloods? This is not a frat! The psychological torture and emotional breakdown behind this alone would make people quit, not join.
This movie truly has it all in terms of stereotypes, and I can totally see why several of my friends within several different fraternities/sororities took offense to this mess.
That's not to say hazing hasn't been done, or ISN'T still done to some extent, but you can't put that out there like this is how all initiates are treated, or this is what all brotherhoods stand for. That's not the case!