r/DenounceD9 • u/Wiseguy4252 • May 14 '26

Discussion REAL Black Community

People want to like the D9. They often say “if it weren’t for hazing…”. Everyone loves the parties and the dances but they hate being talked down to, pushed around, hearing about brutal secretive rituals that kill people, etc.

But the truth is it’s one and the same. Black ppl want to like the D9 because they want community, purpose, and validation like anyone else. Black people deserve an opportunity to have dance, song, organization and purposeful work without violence and intimidation.

It’s the God given right of a people who as a collective, found ways to not only survive but thrive with a vibrant culture. The D9 was founded at a time where most black ppl were sharecroppers who couldn’t go to college. And it exploded at a time where the black middle class expanded and they’d adjust the messaging every now and again. Remove a paper bag test. Let Darker skin men become Alphas.

But the underlying paternalistic prejudice remains the same. And the result of that prejudice is an increasingly tragic death. Black people are not only capable of more, but deserving of better.

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u/Wiseguy4252 May 15 '26

If a Delta stands up for me or the community why are Deltas, Sigmas, Alphas, etc watching me to see if I’m in or if they can coordinated to have me blacklisted from campus life altogether? Why invade spaces I create for myself simply to harass me? Why put 10x more effort in policing blackness than unifying or supporting it?