12747331, Oklahoma Frat's House Mom Chanting 'N***a' Several (Old Lady -Shame)
Posted by Case_One, Tue Mar-10-15 05:05 PM
Video Appears To Show Oklahoma Frat's House Mom Chanting 'N***a' Several Times
The Huffington Post | By Katie Sola
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Posted: 03/10/2015 3:02 pm EDT Updated: 1 hour ago
Shortly after the house mother at the University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter said she couldn't believe her charges sang a racist song, the school's newspaper drew attention to a video that appears to show the 78-year-old chanting the word "n***a" several times.
In an interview with CBS, Beauton Gilbow -- who said she's lived at fraternity house for 15 years -- tearfully told a reporter she was surprised by the actions of members filmed singing "There will never be a n***** in SAE" on a bus.
"I heard the words. Unbelievable. This is not... this is not SAE," she said.
Monday evening, the Daily Oklahoman published a video of what appears to be Gilbow chanting "n***a" seven times as Trinidad James' "All Gold Everything" plays in the background.
The lyrics to the song read "Don't believe me, just watch n***a, n***a, n***a," but the word is never repeated seven times.
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Vine user demi stevenson uploaded the video on Feb. 24, 2013. The University of Oklahoma student directory lists a Demi Leigh Stevenson as a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Emails to her school address were not returned.
Gilbow was not immediately available for comment.
On Monday, OU President David Boren decried the actions of the fraternity brothers seen in the video and announced the university had "severed" ties with the chapter. He ordered members to vacate the house. A statement from the school read, in part:
To those who have misused their free speech in such a reprehensible way, I have a message for you. You are disgraceful. You have violated all that we stand for. You should not have the privilege of calling yourselves “Sooners.” Real Sooners are not racist. Real Sooners are not bigots. Real Sooners believe in equal opportunity. Real Sooners treat all people with respect. Real Sooners love each other and take care of each other like family members.
Two students who were "identified as playing a leadership role in the singing of a racist chant" were expelled from the university Tuesday. "There is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma," Boren said in a statement.
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