*A University of Oklahoma fraternity was recently shut down and its members publicly blasted after a video surfaced showing fraternity members engaging in a racially insensitive chant.
In the video, you can hear the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity cheering “there will never be a nig*** in SAE.”
The chant goes on to say, “you can hang them from a tree, but they’ll never sign with me.”
William Bruce James II, who says he was the last black SAE member at OU, spoke with KFOR’s Linda Cavanaugh about his thoughts on the incident.
James, who pledged to SAE 14 years ago, says he felt shock and disbelief after watching the video.
The SAE alumnus says he never felt like his fraternity brothers were racist.
“I never heard anything like that while I was there,” he said. “My brothers wouldn’t have allowed it…. That song wouldn’t have been sung.”
The video caused OU president David Boren to publicly blast the members involved and vow to bring them to justice. Boren spoke on camera of his extreme disappointment, and revealed that he has imposed a deadline of midnight Tuesday for the members of SAE to get their belongings out of the fraternity house.
An investigation has been launched to determine who was involved, and Boren says he will consider “all possible punishment,” including expulsion, and told reporters, “I’d be happy if they left, the ones who were involved. I know not every member of this fraternity was involved. But a large number were, a busload.”
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