Black University of Oklahoma students urge change after racist video

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A racially-charged fraternity scandal is giving a voice to the very students it tried to silence

Black University of Oklahama students in the campus organization OU Unheard are stepping up demands for diversity after members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon were caught on video chanting racial slurs. The student group received the video from an anonymous source on March 8. Nearly 24 hours later, it went viral, inspiring protests, an upcoming town hall meeting on diversity and immediate backlash against SAE

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The video shows OU students in SAE chanting a song laden with racial slurs. It included the lyrics: “There will never be a n——- at SAE; You can hang them from a tree, but they’ll never sign with me." Read more...

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