University of Oklahoma racist video scandal
After members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon of the University of Oklahoma were seen in a video on a bus trip participating in a racist chant a firestorm of controversy erupted, leading to protests and the fraternity chapter being closed down, March 9, 2015.
Photo: During an anti-racism protest on campus, a student carries a sign with some of the racist words Sigma Alpha Epsilon members were seen chanting in the bus video.
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University of Oklahoma students march to the now closed University of Oklahoma's Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house during a rally in Norman, Oklahoma on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
The university's president expelled two students Tuesday after he said they were identified as leaders of a racist chant captured on video during a fraternity event.
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University of Oklahoma students rally outside the now closed University of Oklahoma's Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house during a rally in Norman, Oklahoma on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
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University of Oklahoma President David Boren talks with the media before the start of a Board of Regents meeting in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
Two students have been expelled from the University following an incident in which members of a fraternity were caught on video participating in a chant that included a racial slur, referenced lynching and indicated black students would never by admitted to OU's chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
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Worker removes Sigma Alpha Epsilon logo at University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, March 9, 2015.
The University of Oklahoma closed the fraternity linked to a racist video of students singing racial epithets and ordered its members to move out of the house, University President David Boren said on Monday, March 9, 2015.
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Oklahoma City Pastor John A. Reed, (C), flanked by NAACP leaders and pastors of Oklahoma City African-American churches speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, March 10, 2015.
A group of Oklahoma City black ministers and the NAACP called for an ongoing investigation and dialogue regarding racial issues on the University of Oklahoma campus and campuses across the state.
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The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is seen at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, March 9, 2015.
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Another video surfaced Monday night showing Beauton Gilbow, the fraternity's 78-year-old "house mother" known as "Mom B," "rapping" the lyrics to a song that includes the "n-word" in 2013.
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A woman at the University of Oklahoma wears tape over her mouth in protest over the racist video, March 9, 2015.
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Graffiti saying "tear it down" is seen painted on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, March 9, 2015.
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Students stage an anti-racism rally in response to the racist behavior of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members in a video at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, March 9, 2015.
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Students move their furniture out of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma on Monday, March. 9, 2015 in Norman, Okla.
The university gave all SAE members until midnight Tuesday March 10, 2015 to remove their belongings from the fraternity building.