It turns out the racist chant that got Sigma Alpha Epsilon kicked off campus at the University of Oklahoma was not some sort of spontaneous act the school’s investigation found the chant began of all places on a national fraternity leadership cruise four years ago here’s Jericka Duncan the investigation
Found the racist chant became part of the institutionalized culture of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University oh you President David Boren says the chant was part of the regular pledge process and was taught in the local SAE chapter when we make serious mistakes as individuals or as organizations were
Held accountable for them we pay a price and then we move forward since this cellphone video surfaced three weeks ago two students had been expelled Levi Pettit publicly apologized this week for his role but refused to discuss details I’m not here today to talk about where I learned the chant how
I was taught I’m here to apologize for what I did the National SAE office states there’s no evidence that the chant is widespread across its 237 chapters but it admits members likely learned the chant on the leadership Cruise in an email today a spokesperson writes there is a seminar that teaches
Our songs two brothers who attended but that chant has never been part of any of our songs in an effort to address issues related to racism the National SAE organization has made online sensitivity training mandatory and gym it plans to hire a director of diversity and inclusion Jericka thank you
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