latent racism?

The issues portrayed in "The Conflict Within the Ivory Tower" are not easily visible in this time and day. However, they still are there. It is not difficult to find racial issues in Purdue. The biggest issue that i see is the way that fraternities and sororities are still split up by race. We discussed today in class why this is still so and the answer was quite simply that because that's the way it used to be". I think this is not a good enough reason at all. We are all living in a country that promotes liberty and equality for all, but yet people are dividing organizations that are supposed to be for everyone by race. In purdue today, one can find white, black, Asian, Hispanic, etcetera, fraternities and sororities who openly declare their preference for a race or ethnicity. I think that this is the mosty deeply rooted problem in the US. Allowing this sort of division only allows room for more racial issues to develop.
I do not think Purdue promotes diversity at all. It does not inhibit it either, but makes no effort to heighten it. I for one had to come from overseas and i have never seen a more complicated process for going anywhere. There is no help provided for international students coming to Purdue such as school sponsored loans (because foreigners cannot take out an alternate loan with an American bank) or a help hotline. There isn't even so much as a new student FAQ. I, for instance, did not know about orientation, did not know if my loan was approved, and did not even know if i was registered when i got here. Information has definitely got to be made more accessible and understandable for foreign students.