OU is now infamous for the racist chant started by two while male students in fraternities. This has sparked a backlash, not only on social media, but also from the colleges, their home city, Dallas, and their home high schools. Obama has also addressed the issue in a reprimanding manner. The boys (not men) has written apologies and used multiple excuses to try to redeem their behavior and actions. However, the public has not yet been tamed, rightfully. The boys and their families have been harassed and shunned from the public.
Racism starts from the home. It begins to nurture in your early environments and continues to grow if it isn't prevented. I used boys to describe these two offenders, because they truly haven't grown up yet. Both of them have said that it was peer pressure and that they were forced to do it. If you see the video, it sure seems as if they're having fun at what they're doing. Racism is disgusting. This not only related to the KKK, but it goes all the way back to the Civil Rights Movement and slavery. These boys are taking away rights from others that they don't have the right to take away by stating that they will never allow a black person in their fraternity. Slavery still lives on today, and it's sad to admit it, because Lincoln and other leaders have worked so hard to make a change, to create equal rights for everybody. But when something idiotic and ugly like this happens, I can't help but think about the sorrow and remorse those leaders would've felt if they were to be alive now.
Source: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/19/ou-frats-racist-chant-raises-first-amendment-question
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