The best part is that the heads of the Fraternity do the usual song and dance of "oh, we don't condone these actions", but racist acts have happened in this same fraternity 3 times as of last year.
You ARE your fraternity members, and if your fraternity members are shit, then that's your fraternity.
A girl I know that used to be in a Sorority told me that one of the older women in the group told her to avoid SAE, and that it might as well stand for "Sexual Assault Expected".
Fuck Frats. These are the people who go on to be our businessmen, politicians, teachers, etc. etc. etc.
It's a culture. Not an incident.
Yeah. This annoys me. I attend the University of Oklahoma. I know these people. Today there are "end our campus racism" protests. Like we can "fix" the SAE thing by having prayer vigils. The specific SAE thing has, in the local short term, been fixed. SAE is no longer a frat here. Hopefully someone or another will be identified and get expelled. I don't particularly want to get a degree from the same institution as someone like that, and Boren surely understands that. It'd be nice if the Greek system wasn't campus-affiliated but that's hopeless. So.
But the systemic racism... is it just too daunting to look in the face? Because ... "end our campus racism"? Are you kidding me?! It's not like this wasn't an issue until yesterday when some idiots said whatever it is they said. This post isn't making a whole lot of sense but my point, I think, is that the solution does not seem to ever match the problem when race comes up in America. Not even in the same order of magnitude. I'm beginning to wonder if there is a solution.
I wandered around campus for a while today, taking the pulse. Pretty much as usual. But I sure can't understand how the various African-American students I encountered feel about getting up and going to class this morning. I just can't imagine that. It's impressive.
EDIT:
Anonymously sent to the student paper first, I believe. The video was shot by some pledge's date for the evening, says rumor.