lahoma Fraternity Caught Gleefully Singing a Racist Chant

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Anonymous wrote:The rightwingers have definitely taken over. We can't even have a discussion about this being disgusting without it going to a political debate about the word.

Go to hell!

+ a million

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Anonymous wrote:I think if we want the word n**** struck from the English language, it should start with black folk setting an example.

Reprehensible song, but stop with the double-standard on that word please.

I love this argument. It's usually from people who are upset that they cannot use the word. PP, why do you care who gets to use the word? It's wrong and unless you are dying to use it, it shouldn't concern you. Let idiots be idiots and go on with your life. But, if you really want to use it, I give you my permission. Just be willing to pay the consequences. Your free speech rights are protected so that means you won't get arrested. Anything else that happens is fair game

Right... although I do not use it, the PP should feel free to use it as they see fit. And when they are on the verge of getting their teeth knocked out, they should state that they thought it was Ok because they heard some AA's use it with each other. I am sure the person getting ready to kick her butt will see the merit of that argument.

LOL! Love this. You made my day.

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Anonymous wrote:David Boren, the former Senator and governor of Oklahoma who is now president of OU, had this to say:

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." 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 take care of each other like family members.

Effective immediately, all ties and affiliations between this University and the local SAE chapter are hereby severed. I direct that the house be closed and that members will remove their personal belongings from the house by midnight tomorrow. Those needing to make special arrangements for positions shall contact the Dean of Students.

All of us will redouble our efforts to create the strongest sense of family and community. We vow that we will be an example to the entire country of how to deal with this issue. There must be a zero tolerance for racism everywhere in our nation.

President Boren

David Boden is a class act. I love it when he reiterates that real Sooners set a positive example and racist behavior is not what they stand for. Of course, there will be those who will hate him, but he's a man of conviction and can handle it.

OU should be proud they have a president of Boren's caliber.

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Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that one of the first rules we learn as kids is that you don't do or say something just because others do. However, when it comes to the use of the N word, that lesson is thrown away. I guess some people just really want to find a reason to use it.

that is naive. I'm a white male in my 40s. When I was in my early 20s, all of my favorite songs and movies were littered with the N word. Talking about Snoop, Dre, NWA, Cube for music. Maybe some Ghetto Boys and Bushwhack Bill. And for movies - maybe Pulp Fiction, etc.

It was a huge part of my vocabulary only because I mimicked what I heard constantly.

You excuse this by saying you didn't have enough sense in your 20s? Were you a parrot?

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Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that one of the first rules we learn as kids is that you don't do or say something just because others do. However, when it comes to the use of the N word, that lesson is thrown away. I guess some people just really want to find a reason to use it.

that is naive. I'm a white male in my 40s. When I was in my early 20s, all of my favorite songs and movies were littered with the N word. Talking about Snoop, Dre, NWA, Cube for music. Maybe some Ghetto Boys and Bushwhack Bill. And for movies - maybe Pulp Fiction, etc.

It was a huge part of my vocabulary only because I mimicked what I heard constantly.

You excuse this by saying you didn't have enough sense in your 20s? Were you a parrot?

He used the word with white friends. I guarantee he wasn't using it at blacks (to their faces anyway).

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Anonymous wrote:It's interesting that one of the first rules we learn as kids is that you don't do or say something just because others do. However, when it comes to the use of the N word, that lesson is thrown away. I guess some people just really want to find a reason to use it.

that is naive. I'm a white male in my 40s. When I was in my early 20s, all of my favorite songs and movies were littered with the N word. Talking about Snoop, Dre, NWA, Cube for music. Maybe some Ghetto Boys and Bushwhack Bill. And for movies - maybe Pulp Fiction, etc.

It was a huge part of my vocabulary only because I mimicked what I heard constantly.

You excuse this by saying you didn't have enough sense in your 20s? Were you a parrot?

He used the word with white friends. I guarantee he wasn't using it at blacks (to their faces anyway).

Oh, ok. No problem then... I'm in my 40s too, also white, also listened to much of the same music and watched the same movies. I guess it boils down to how people are raised, what they heard their parents say and the expectations of them because if you are raised to be a tolerant person those values generally stay with you even during college. It's about being a decent human being.

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Anonymous wrote:This is absolutely appalling.

The South terrifies me. I know there is racism everywhere, but there's a really gross combination of overtness, and Southern politeness, that freaks me out.

Oklahoma is not in the south.

Yes it is.

No it's not. Just because a gross thing happened there and you already hate the south doesn't magically make it the south. It's the midwest.

Oklahoma is also not in the Midwest.

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Anonymous wrote:I think if we want the word n**** struck from the English language, it should start with black folk setting an example.

Reprehensible song, but stop with the double-standard on that word please.

All races/ethnicities take words and phrases that are hurtful and turn them into things that are okay to say amongst themselves but not okay for "others." That word is no different. As an AA, I do not use the word. However, there is a difference if I use the word not in a negative way to another AA than if someone else does it. If all AAs stopped using it, it would still be used. I know that their are slang terms for Jews, Italians, and Latinos. I do not use those words. And it is different if I did than if they did.

What I really do not understand is WHY do some whites want to use the n word if AAs use it? What is the double standard? Because it was not hurtful because slaves called each other that name. It was hurtful because of the whole society built around that word. AAs did not create that society.

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Anonymous wrote:This is absolutely appalling.

The South terrifies me. I know there is racism everywhere, but there's a really gross combination of overtness, and Southern politeness, that freaks me out.

Oklahoma is not in the south.[/quote]

Yes it is.

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A bunch of white college students sing an offensive song about blacks, they use the n word, talk about lynching, etc. and the world needs to put these kids in jail, suspend them, destroy them etc.

But yet, everyday, there are videos, Worldstar HipHop, of black youths attacking white people, doing drugs, bragging about cheating EBT cards, fathering kids, etc., but that is untouchable because...?

These kids made mistake. These kids' parents are probably pretty sick of paying full tuition to support diversity, which equates to a bunch of criminals going to college to start lawsuits. You watch at how the school will get sued in the coming weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A bunch of white college students sing an offensive song about blacks, they use the n word, talk about lynching, etc. and the world needs to put these kids in jail, suspend them, destroy them etc.

But yet, everyday, there are videos, Worldstar HipHop, of black youths attacking white people, doing drugs, bragging about cheating EBT cards, fathering kids, etc., but that is untouchable because...?

These kids made mistake. These kids' parents are probably pretty sick of paying full tuition to support diversity, which equates to a bunch of criminals going to college to start lawsuits. You watch at how the school will get sued in the coming weeks.

You should really post your name and own up to your racism. That way, everyone will know how you feel and you can be out an honest. This place has really turned into RWNJ Hell Hole!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A bunch of white college students sing an offensive song about blacks, they use the n word, talk about lynching, etc. and the world needs to put these kids in jail, suspend them, destroy them etc.

But yet, everyday, there are videos, Worldstar HipHop, of black youths attacking white people, doing drugs, bragging about cheating EBT cards, fathering kids, etc., but that is untouchable because...?

These kids made mistake. These kids' parents are probably pretty sick of paying full tuition to support diversity, which equates to a bunch of criminals going to college to start lawsuits. You watch at how the school will get sued in the coming weeks.

Yes, and this is one example of how valuable social media has become. These kids names will soon be released, their images put all over television and they will be humiliated publicly for all the world to see. One giant step in the right direction.

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Meh. Free speech and all that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think if we want the word n**** struck from the English language, it should start with black folk setting an example.

Reprehensible song, but stop with the double-standard on that word please.

Totally agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is absolutely appalling.

The South terrifies me. I know there is racism everywhere, but there's a really gross combination of overtness, and Southern politeness, that freaks me out.

Oklahoma isn't the South. Are you foreign or just really, really stupid?