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Originally Posted by FloridaTish
Additionally, any sorority women who were on that bus who were laughing or singing along, are just as much to blame in my eyes as these young men for encouraging the racist behavior.
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I don't know about singing along. There's a long history of "basement songs" at OU, which are typically about other fraternities and are meant to be inappropriately provocative. I read one (which I will not share) about SAE in my FB feed this morning.
I can tell you that not all chapters at OU are like this and would hazard to guess that most aren't. The Sigma Nu chapter is as diverse a group as you'll find on campus.
Many of our "Southern" fraternities existed for hundreds of years as part of a culture glorifying antebellum ideals involving racial superiority. Many groups have moved out of the 19th century. Other groups refuse to make progress.
I applaud SAE HQ for taking such swift and definitive action. I understand that there's a press conference being held right now. Details to come.