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posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday March 11 2015, @04:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the May-31-1921 dept.

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.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 12 2015, @06:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 12 2015, @06:01PM (#156812)

    It says that you come from parents who are morons and have a high likelihood of being one yourself.

    what kind of mental contortion does it take to proclaim yourself "an individualist above all else" who "believes everyone should be judged solely on their own merits and failings." [soylentnews.org] and then turn around and judge a person's abilities based on the actions of their parents?

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday March 12 2015, @09:22PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday March 12 2015, @09:22PM (#156918) Homepage Journal

    Simple, the name is the only truthful thing on a resume unless they accidentally forgot to embellish the fuck out of something.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 12 2015, @10:28PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 12 2015, @10:28PM (#156967)

      solely on their own merits and failings.
      solely