Frat Boys: Inside America's Fraternities Page #2

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75% of the men belong

to a fraternity...

..and maybe 40% of the women

belong to a sorority.

But most of those members

aren't African American women.

Fraternities were formed in 1776

as secret literary dining clubs

with many similar rituals

to the Freemasons.

Ever since, they've mostly been

a bastion of America's

white middle classes.

Today, what's known

as Greek life has played

a role in the lives of many

of America's elite and powerful.

From Hollywood movie stars to

the bosses of some of America's

biggest companies, these still quite

secretive societies form part of

a network that reaches high into the

upper echelons of American society.

Nearly half of America's presidents

have pledged to a fraternity.

It's just that one little thing

that gives you an advantage

over another candidate

for a position to say,

well, we're fraternity brothers,

and so we obviously subscribe

to the same values

and the same beliefs,

and so therefore,

if I'm the candidate for a job,

you may say,

well, you know,

he represents qualities

that we are really looking for,

because I know what those are.

If you are a Tau Kappa Epsilon

and you are 23 years old

and you are looking for

a job in a new city,

you have, as a list of resources,

a complete group of people

that you are part of,

and you can send a resume to

or you can make a phone call to.

And you as well as they have pledged

lifelong brotherhood,

and it works to the benefit

of many people.

In Florida, a new

intake of students are about to try

and join the Gazoni Family.

But new recruits will have

to prove themselves before they can

enter the brotherhood.

This kid has been washing

this guy's car for ever.

The hose doesn't reach, man.

That's awful.

The recruits will go through

an intensive ten-week period

called pledging where they will be

tested to see if they fit in.

I'm going to have you move

my entire bed to the left

and you are

going to take this sponge

and this bleach and you're going to

remove any mould that you see.

So, like, any of this black sh*t.

To demonstrate their loyalty,

the pledges have to do all

the menial jobs around the house.

I just want you to hang

all my clothes,

spray them with wrinkle release,

unwrinkle them.

Um, that's it.

All right, cool.

Pledge number 12.

It's James...

..and he's just going to

hang up my clothes. Hm?

I thought it was Jordan, not James.

Is it Jordan?

Thanks, man. Love you too, Bro.

See, I'm confused.

Just hang the shirts and throw

the pants in the dresser.

Button-downs first,

then long sleeves, and then T-shirts

and then, if you don't have enough

hangers, athletic shirts.

Pledging is a period

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