An unidentified University of Oklahoma student posted a video of her covering her face in black paint. She is then seen saying something that has been interpreted to be a racial slur, and the girl recording the video hugs her. Since then, one of the two students were expelled from their sorority, Delta Delta Delta, but has not been identified or faced disciplinary actions from the school itself. The students involved with the video have said they would like to apologize, and the leader of the Tri Delta sorority has apologized as well. Unsurprisingly, the University of Oklahoma Black Student Association has requested a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech on campus, as well as multicultural faculty and increased funding.
The fact that people still do such racist and hurtful acts is incredibly disheartening, especially since it is so close to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I am glad that the girl's sorority took action even though the school has not as of yet, and hope that the girls involved formally apologize, and soon. It is incredible to think that even though it has been 65 years since Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and nearly 100 years since the nativist sentiment that existed in the Gilded Age and led to things such as the Chinese Exclusion Act, people still have not educated themselves.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/us/ou-blackface-video/index.html
I just commented on Adelaide’s post over a racial slur issue and this is just another example of what I mentioned before. I think that it’s so crucial that universities and companies are so strict with these no tolerance policies; holding people responsible for their inappropriate actions makes a difference as the U.S. makes progress towards equality.
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Emma Burkey: Sometimes an apology is all it takes for something to be forgiven, but not this. Good luck to this girl who now has to go find a job and make a living, because what she did will follow her around for the rest of her life.
ReplyDeleteI agree! When something gets to be on the internet, there is no way to get rid of it FOREVER. Her mistakes will follow her everywhere she goes now and in the future, and hopefully she will have learned her lesson!
ReplyDeleteIt’s sad that she will do that. What she did and I video will follow around for the rest of her life. Whatever you put out on social media will haunt you. The fact that she’s trying to be so called a Black person is sad.
ReplyDeleteI think this type of behavior should not be tolerated at all and the fact that they have yet to face any punishments is heartbreaking. I am tired of events like this constantly happening yet nothing is ever done. And booker t can't say we are any better. - Kloe rhoden
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