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What's happening here at Georgia State sounds eerily like a similar incident at the University of Tennessee in 2002. There, members of the campus chapter of Kappa Sigma dressed in blackface as the Jackson Five for an air-guitar contest at a campus party. After discussions, administration officials decided not to penalize the members for their stunt due to their constitutional right to free speech, saying that the right of expression must be protected even "when some find it to be insensitive and offensive."
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Freedom of Speech??? IN AMERICA???
After reading the whole artical I did find it that it shed more light on the situation. I really think the dude wasn't trying to offend anyone, probably just was not thinking AT ALL. I'm not saying it was right-- you'd have to be a pretty big dumbass (sorry bro- nuttin personal) to do this, especially in the South, especially after other groups have been penalized for the same thing, but I think he probably wasn't thinking and I definately don't think the entire fraternity should be blamed especially since they tried to take care of it themselves (they are a PRIVATE organization after all) by making the dude wash it off and then trying to apologize and stuff.
On a side note, I think we're all beating a dead horse, here. Everyone's got there opinions on this incident and I think it's a bit overkill to go on and on about it (I do like to hear the updates about the case), but try and keep the GC civil and without name calling.