Now to the story sparking outrage throughout the country today the University of Oklahoma expelled two students after video emerge of fraternity members engaging in a racist chant and now a new video clip has surfaced that is only provoking further outcry we got more from NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez who’s on the campus tonight
That shocked the country and tonight one of the students involved has been identified the student pumping his fist is Parker rice a University of Oklahoma freshman who graduated from a Jesuit Prep School in Dallas last year I’m not only appalled but I’m also sad and hurt that
Here we are 2015 and we’re still dealing with issues of racism and bigotry today OU expelled two students although officials won’t name them citing privacy laws we’re just not going to let this Define the university and we’re going to send a message now this short clip posted on Vine
Showing Bhutan gilbeau the longtime house mother for Sigma Alpha Epsilon at OU using the same racial slur in a written statement Gilbo says she is heartbroken by any racist portrayal she does not tolerate any form of discrimination and she was only singing along to a rap song
Today at the SAE house members rushed to move out before the midnight deadline the fraternity shut down leaving its cook without a job online donors have raised about fifty thousand dollars for him it’s like getting punched in the stomach Jonathan Davis says he was the first African-American pledge ever at
Sae’s OU chapter in 1999. that house has turned into a symbol for you know modern day racism we spoke with an OU senior who asked that we not use her name or show her face because she didn’t want to be associated with a fraternity it was
Discussing at home at the same time I wasn’t surprised she says she heard this same chant on a bus two years ago at an essay date party oh we definitely say it’s not isolated tonight the fraternity’s national headquarters says it is investigating those claims but any suggestion this chant was a tradition is
False another student rally is planned here on campus later tonight the university says its investigation is not over and that more students could be disciplined Lester all right Gabe Gutierrez
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