Oklahoma Shuts Down SAE Chapter Forever After Infamous Bus Video

GMA – Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s national headquarters closed its chapter at the University of Oklahoma Sunday after a video emerged purportedly showing members of the chapter singing a racist chant.

The video quickly gained visibility online. It was obtained and posted to Twitter by Unheard, which describes itself as “an alliance of black students organized for change within campus administration and atmosphere.” The video shows young men on a bus chanting, “There will never be a n—-r at SAE.”

The tweet, directed at OU president David Boren, said “Racism is alive at The University of Oklahoma.”

Students at the university planned to demonstrate on the Norman, Oklahoma, campus at 7:30 a.m. local time. A prayer vigil was held Sunday night.

The frat house was vandalized overnight, defaced with graffiti.

Well that was quick.  And deservedly so after the video we all saw last night, but in case you missed it because it was late on a Sunday you can check it out above.  Just a bunch of bros with a rousing, spirited chant of “no n*ggers in SAE” and “hang em from a tree.”  Didn’t even make it til morning before getting booted off campus forever as prayer vigils and protests erupted around campus and their house got immediately vandalized.

Biggest thing about it that I just don’t get – who possibly thought this was a good idea?  I mean it’s obviously never a good idea to be that racist in general, but if you are, keeping it yourself or a small group of racist friends sounds like the best move…not, you know, chanting it at the top of your lungs on a bus full of date party or formal dates.  Screaming hard R N word chants in a public place full of strangers holding camera phones up at you.  Always amazes me that people don’t realize how the internet and social media works.