Sunday, March 15, 2015

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Students Expelled Following Racist Remarks

On Tuesday, the University of Oklahoma announced that its president had expelled two students in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity who were identified as the primary figures in an obscenely racist video filmed by one of the frat members.

In the video, the frat brothers can be heard chanting;
"There will never be a n****r in SAE."
Caution: Obscene


The president said that the couple were expelled for "creating a hostile learning environment for others".
"I have emphasized that there is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma," he said in a statement. "I hope that the entire nation will join us in having zero tolerance of such racism when it raises its ugly head in other situations across our country."
A video, later, resurfaced of the fraternity's house mother being as vulgar as the students, sparking the revelation that this video was not a one-time event of idiotic teenagers. This is the sort of behavior that should be expected of Oklahoma University's chapter of SAE.


This issue sparks a controversy that has no definitive answer. The boys expulsion has been cited as a violation of free speech. However, those in favor of the decision believe that this act of discrimination has been done justice by removing them from the school.

Personally, I find the conclusive answer very hard to reach. Although these boys are nothing but discriminatory pricks, freedom of speech is written out to apply to those we agree and disagree with. They clearly do not belong in an open-minded learning environment, but is that for the president of the school to decide or is it simply a flaw in the college-education system?

That's all I have to say today, but I'll be back tomorrow.

"Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are it might have been." -Kurt Vonnegut 

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