The Internet has blown up since a video surfaced of group of Sigma Alpha Epsilon frat boys singing a racist chant.
The Oklahoma University frat boys were on a chartered bus to an event and were chanting:
“There will never be a n—r SAE!
There will never be a n—r SAE!
You can hang ’em from a tree, but they’ll never sign with me!
There will never be a n—r SAE!”
The president of Oklahoma University, David Boren, kicked the students out of the school effective immediately and the national SAE disbanded the chapter.
The national president of SAE said this in his statement:
“we are embarrassed by this video and offer our empathy not only to anyone outside the organization who is offended but also to our brothers who come from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities.”
However, fraternities are NOT culturally diverse! The entire purpose of a fraternity is exclusivity! Fraternities are not meant to be inclusive. During rush, fraternities exclude potential members based on any little thing that they want to, just because they want to exclude.
Public universities have a duty for equal opportunity and by “recognizing” fraternities based on exclusivity on their campuses risk this kind bigotry. However, Federal law specifically excludes social fraternities from equal opportunity. Is Oklahoma University’s chapter of SAE the only bigots? Here are photos of SAE chapters from all over the U.S. – Do you see any diversity?
SAE chapters shown are Washington State, Minnesota, Florida State, Berkeley, Oregon, Michigan State, Wisconsin.
