Should Brotherhood Be Allowed In College

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Brotherhood is an idea that has been taught and practiced since the early stages man and in today's world that teaches individuality it is a idea that is often looked over. Morehouse College has a strong history and tradition as a school that provides young black men an opportunity to become successful in the world. While Morehouse offers its students several different opportunities while both a student or a graduate the idea of brotherhood is something that is bestowed upon every student. While Morehouse continues to teach its ideals of brotherhood amongst its current students many believe the bonds are getting weaker. Brotherhood is an idea that is bestowed upon every incoming freshman and is to be built upon while the student attends Morehouse. …show more content…

One event that really shows campus wide brotherhood is the homecoming tailgate. During the tailgate both current students and past students a like join together and celebrate Morehouse. It seems that during this week everyone embraces and celebrates a place that has done a great service to each and every individual there and is truly a beautiful thing. The event also proves that brotherhood amongst the Morehouse students is not gone but shows that when given a common goal the bond is as every bit as strong as it has been in the past. This makes sense in the way that the reason why the brotherhood in the past was so strong more than likely had a lot to do with the fact that the students all had a common goal which was protecting themselves and one another from the hardships of the time. One other aspect is that today's students do not have to physically be in the presence of each other to connect with all the technology of today. In many ways one could make the argument that today’s Morehouse students can easily connect with a lot more of their brothers than what was possible in the past thus building bigger and more easily maintained sense of brotherhood. Now that times have change so must that common goal and way of communication amongst the students it just depends on what the …show more content…

Many feel this way because of the ongoing thought that with technology people need each other less and less. Morehouse College is a place that still teaches and practices the idea of brotherhood. Even though Morehouse still practices brotherhood the mentality of the students has changed accordingly with the times. While the individualist ideas have affected the Morehouse students over time it is still clear that during the four year process that students do leave with stronger bonds to one another then the average person. If the question was asked if the Morehouse students of today's sense of brotherhood was just as strong as the Morehouse students of yesterday the answer would have to be a clear yes. Even though a person would have to dig a little deeper to see the strong brotherly ties amongst the students of today the fact still remains that they are present. While the students of yesterday may have shown there brotherhood though more physical acts than today's students due to the oppression's and limitations of that time today’s students can seek out and communicate with more brothers than ever before with the advances of technology. So when asked the question of if brotherhood is still runs strong amongst the students of today as previously stated the answer is still yes. As the times and the attitudes of people have changed so to has Morehouse’s ways of brotherhood. One could make say