Will Ferrell Makes Shocking Statement About Racist Fraternities
Comedian Will Ferrell made a bold statement this week concerning the future of fraternities and sororities. The Greek inspired organizations have been making the headlines recently, and not in a good way. Too many racist and sexist incidents have been occurring, and Ferrell wanted to let the public know how he feels about the whole thing.
Ferrell himself belonged to the fraternity Delta Tau Delta when he attended college, so he has had some experience with them. The New York Times reached out to the comedian and asked him how he felt about the modern Greek system and if fraternities should still exist.
“The incident in Oklahoma, that is a real argument for getting rid of the system altogether, in my opinion, even having been through a fraternity. Because when you break it down, it really is about creating cliques and clubs and being exclusionary. Fraternities were started as academic societies that were supposed to have a philanthropic arm to them. And when it’s governed by those kind of rules, then they’re still beneficial. But you gotta be careful. I was lucky in that the one I was in, we were really kind of the anti-fraternity fraternity. We were considered good enough to get the exchanges with the good sororities. We couldn’t get anyone to vote on anything, but if you needed 40 guys to show up and build a 20-foot-tall papier-mâché version of the Matterhorn, we were there and ready. But we didn’t take it too seriously. It was just about having fun. But I think it’s an interesting dilemma for universities these days.”
The actor has a point. Fraternities and sororities can still exist, but if they don’t follow the strict guidelines that are in place they should lose that right. This problem is at the mercy of the Universities, whom have the power to enforce stricter rules on the organizations. If they take charge and do what’s right is another story.
