SAE Shut Down

Fraternity at University of Oklahoma that released the
racist video

Yesterday, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity at the University of Oklahoma released a very racist video. In the video, many members of the fraternity chant, "You can hang ‘em from a tree, but it will never start with me/There will never be a n***** SAE." No one can deny that racism still exists today. This video was disturbing and completely unacceptable.

Fortunately, the president of the University of Oklahoma, David Boren, decided to take action. He claimed that "Real Sooners are not bigots, real Sooners are not racist." He ordered that the fraternity be shut down and that Oklahoma would not provide housing to "bigots." Boren claimed that he would have a zero-tolerance policy when it came to racism and he is sticking to his word. I'm very pleased that Boren and the University of Oklahoma have decided to take immediate action against SAE. Just because the school is located in the South doesn't mean it should be a school full of racists. I'm proud of Boren for making it clear that racism should not be tolerated at the University of Oklahoma or anywhere else in the US for that matter.