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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: 2) by mojo chan on Thursday March 12 2015, @11:56AM
Judging someone for having a stereotypical black american name rather than the content of their resume is absolutely not racism.
It is, because the assumption is that "stereotypically black" names are stupid, implying that the culture they come from is stupid. I've seen plenty of otherwise seemingly intelligent people with good jobs give their kids stupid names. Oliver and Noah are both in the top 5 UK boys names for crying out loud, both a sure fire way to get your kid bullied at school. I'd argue that naming your kid after a fictional character who survived God's biggest ever genocide isn't a particularly smart move, not least because he was a drunk. Seriously, the first thing he did after the flood was plant a vineyard and get pissed.
You are projecting all your prejudices onto what you consider to be "stereotypically black" names. How about Obama? Actually, his middle name is Hussain... Any thoughts on stereotypically Islamic names?
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