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The NYT reports that after a video was posted on YouTube that appeared to show members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon at University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant, the organization’s board decided “with no mental reservation whatsoever that this chapter needed to be closed immediately.” The video shows a group of young white people in formal wear riding a bus and singing a chant laden with antiblack slurs and at least one reference to lynching. A grinning young man wearing a tuxedo and standing in the aisle of the bus pumps his fist in the air as he chants, while a young woman seated nearby claps. The chant vows that African-Americans will “never” be allowed to join the campus chapter.
The nine-second video was uploaded to YouTube on Sunday by a student group, the Unheard Movement, that first identified the people in it as members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, although the group did not indicate how it obtained the video or when it was filmed. University president, David Boren, said in an emailed statement that the administration was also investigating the video. “I have just been informed of the video, which purports to show students to show students engaging in a racist chant. We are investigating to determine if the video involved OU students. If O.U. students are involved, this behavior will not be tolerated and will be addressed very quickly,” said Boren. “This behavior is reprehensible and contrary to all of our values.” Students marched on the campus of the University of Oklahoma on Monday to protest the video.
(Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday March 11 2015, @07:44PM
But it is still helpful to point out the DoubleThink going on. If we all agree what they did was outside the bounds of generally acceptable social behavior then why is the United Negro College Fund still around? They are a tax deductable charitable organization that is explicitly racist. Other examples abound.
From the UNCF FAQ: [uncf.org]
Does UNCF help only African Americans?
Not at all. UNCF's member colleges and universities admit students without reference to race or ethnicity. UNCF's largest scholarship program, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, supports Hispanic American, Asian/Pacific American and Native American students as well as African Americans.
Maybe you should find one of these abundant examples that actually applies...
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 11 2015, @07:52PM
But not white people, so this really doesn't counter his argument.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 11 2015, @10:55PM
Is a white person who was born in North America to parents who were born in North America to grandparents who were born in North America to greatgrandparents who were born in North America to greatgreatgrandparents who were born in North America to greatgreatgreatgrandparents who were born in North America considered to be a Native American?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by khedoros on Wednesday March 11 2015, @11:04PM
UNCF's member colleges and universities admit students without reference to race or ethnicity.
OK, sounds good. It should apply to everyone with strong academic qualifications who is in financial need, "without reference to race or ethnicity". That's a worthy goal.
Hispanic American, Asian/Pacific American and Native American students as well as African Americans.
Numerically, whites in poverty in the U.S. account for 41.6% of Americans under the poverty line (according to this, anyhow [kff.org]). But, wait, let's look at the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (as mentioned, the largest UNCF-administrated scholarship program):
What are the eligibility criteria for the GMS Program?
Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they: Are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native*, Asian Pacific Islander American** or Hispanic American
That seems to directly contradict the first statement of inclusiveness. I don't have a problem with them providing scholarships to students of their choice. I do have a problem with weasel-wording to make it sound like they include all students in need, when they don't. At least I can take solace in the fact that my son has heritage from several of their white-listed categories of race, in case my financial position degrades by the time he's looking at college.