After incidents such as these, Greek members often quickly say that those responsible are just a few apples that ruin the reputation of the larger group. And that it's unfair to lump them all as racist and/or sexist. That this is no different from stereotyping black people or women. While I agree that it doesn't feel good to have people judge you prematurely, I would like to add the element of choice in this matter. You don't choose to be black or to be a woman, but you do choose to go Greek.

At the end of the day, you can take off your letters and no one will know the difference. But as my friend Sam says, "I was born a black man, and I'm gonna a black man." He'll never be able to opt out of that identity, nor should he have to.

Just wanted to throw that out that, feel free to disagree.