The Ugly Side of Hazing and the Death of Robert Champion
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I agree that this young man most likely agreed to be hazed, just not hazed to death, literally. It is true that I remember my “hazing” fondly and don’t even consider it hazing per se. I think what’s happening today with the violence is an offshoot of the thought that each new group has to “kick it up a notch” or “take it to the next level”. So, where we suffered minor annoyances and inconveniences, it has gotten to the point of violence in many organizations. Too bad there is not a reset button where we can start from a no hazing position and really have it enforced.
Marcus Garvey said it best when he said “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots”.
The essence of hazing – physical brutality including whipping, beating and branding – is very similar to the treatment of our ancestors during slavery. For the life of me I can’t understand why the African American culture would continue to support and endorse this intolerable behavior for the sake of bonding and belonging to an organization. Is racial discrimination amongst our own community not enough to feel bonded? Is the fact that most AA men are incarcerated, dead before 21 or HIV positive not enough for us to feel bonded? Or what about the issues of poverty, inequalities in our educational system, and lack of access to quality healthcare… is that not enough? Was the struggle of our ancestors who were raped, lynched, murdered, branded and beaten not enough for us to feel bonded to one another? Do we really need to continue the legacy that we must be beaten, abused, degraded and humiliated to be accepted, connected or valuable? When is enough enough? I pray this tragic story challenges us as a people to remember who we are not what we’ve become.