Members of Oklahoma’s athletics teams and football head coach Bob Stoops joined with a large contingent of the university community at a campus rally Monday morning, protesting the behavior in a video that shows racist chants by what’s alleged to be members of the school’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Oklahoma athletes and coaches join protest of fraternity’s racist video
The school and community are moving quickly to distance themselves from the fraternity in question.
Bob Stoops stands with his players at OU South Oval demonstration. #Sooners pic.twitter.com/QS7Al3wt6Q
— Guerin Emig (@GuerinEmig) March 9, 2015 .@UofOklahoma student athletes gathering at the North Oval. @OKCFOX #BREAKING pic.twitter.com/cKWKRH7aye
— Danielle Dunn (@DanielleDunnOKC) March 9, 2015 I speak with @UofOklahoma football player #EricStriker about why he & his teammates decided to take a stand. @OKCFOX pic.twitter.com/O8qiEzkRjZ
— Danielle Dunn (@DanielleDunnOKC) March 9, 2015 The national headquarters of the fraternity has already disbanded the Oklahoma chapter, and OU president David Boren said in a statement later Monday morning that the school is severing ties with the local SAE chapter. Members living there have until Tuesday at midnight to move out of the house.
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Circle of OU athletes, coaches just outside Owen Field, led in prayer by #Sooners center Ty Darlington. pic.twitter.com/nR1BdEIcsg
— Guerin Emig (@GuerinEmig) March 9, 2015 #Sooners basketball coach Lon Kruger, who attended demonstration: "It’s something that should concern everyone. It’s not about athletics."
— Guerin Emig (@GuerinEmig) March 9, 2015 Bob Stoops on reaction to the video: "It’s just... y’know... very little gets me choked up. But that hurt." #Sooners
— Guerin Emig (@GuerinEmig) March 9, 2015 Pleased to see @President_Boren take swift action against racism & punishing bigots. I join our campus in fighting racism everywhere.
— Bob Stoops (@OU_CoachStoops) March 9, 2015 ***
#notonOUrcampus pic.twitter.com/ipMwJbvHKF
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