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Hurt and disgusted when we heard it. and to know that it was our fraternity our chapter at our university was we were all just completely bewildered. we had never heard that. you know there have been reports of other sae chapters, i wonder if more shoes will drop to the extent they do i ll ask whether there is something particular about this fraternity. well i think i don t know the whole story. i don t know where this the impression i get from this song is that someone did in fact hear it from another chapter of the fraternity. i have no doubt that the national organization had no idea this song was being sung again, i was a member song chairman i had no idea. i had never heard of this song. had i i never would have affiliated myself with the house, i would have turned in my membership. we really had no idea that this ....
Chairman at sae, you know, during my active period there, and i had never heard that song. and talking with my good friends and fraternity brothers none of them had ever heard the song. and so we were all floored and so hurt and disgusted when we heard it. and to know that it was our chapter you know, our fraternity our chapter at our university was i mean we were all just completely bewildered. we d never heard that. you know, there have been reports of other sae chapters and i m wondering if more shoes will drop to the extent that they do i ll be asking whether there s something particular about this fraternity. well i don t know the whole story. i don t know where this the impression that i get from this song is that someone did, in fact hear it from another chapter of the fraternity. i have no doubt that the ....
Is to proceed in a nonlegal solution, a nonadversarial solution and a nonlitigation solution. if that s not possible although we act in good faith and present this then obviously we will have to consider other possibilities. and as the potential legal fight developing, there s a growing number of sae chapters falling under scrutiny. today the fraternity s national leaders say they re hooklooking into allegations the louisiana sec chapter sang a similar song chant. they re also looking at the university of texas at austin chapter and the university of washington is investigating whether sae members shouted racist remarks at black students last month. that s when they started shouting and then flipping us off and started saying like you ....
But that too, doesn t work as an explanation. sae s national leadership reiterated it does not teach or use the song in any way, adding our investigation has found very likely that the men learned the song from the fellow chapter members. the controversy reaching rice s dallas home as signs placed in their front yard saying racism is taught. the family now in hiding due to threats. the parents of levi pettit the other student expelled, called their son s behavior a horrible mistake, adding we know his heart and he s not a racist. we raised him to be loving and inclusive and we all remain surrounded by a diverse, close-knit group of friends. now, there are other reports out there of this song or something similar to it being used at other sae chapters outside of oklahoma in other states. there was one at the university of texas in austin. that fraternity has come out ....
Our students are outraged and we re not going to let this define the university. we re going to send a message i hope across the country that other people ought to show zero tolerance also. speak of zero tolerance, there were reports there were other instances, is this isolated or could other fraternity or other groups on campus also be involved? no i don t think so this was strictly an sae activity. it was their founders day program, unfortunately. i ve heard rumors that there have been similar problems with sae chapters and even with singing of this same song other places in the country, we re trying to verify that. but we re going to also i m going to be meeting with leaders of all of the fraternities and sororities and other organizations on campus. we want to make sure all organizations are not only inclusive but have proper sensitivity training. there are a lot of things that need to be done. we have a very strong community ....