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Why Is It so Hard for There to Be Zero Tolerance for Jew-Hatred on Campus?
Micha Danzig served in the Israeli Army and is a former police officer with the NYPD. He is currently an attorney and is very active with numerous Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, including Stand With Us, T.E.A.M. and the FIDF.
On March 7, 2015, members of the University of Oklahoma (OU) chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) were filmed on a bus performing a racist song that used the “N word” and enthusiastically referencing Jim Crow.
The video of the incident was reported by The Oklahoma Daily on March 8. That same day, the national office for SAE closed the OU Chapter house, and OU officials gave SAE members until the end of March 10 to move out. Soon after, OU Facilities Management removed the fraternity’s Greek letters, put a padlock on the facility’s gate, blocked off the SAE chapter house parking lot, and changed the locks on the building. At the same time, OU’s President David Bore
around the ray sis chant that was being sang by a fraternity. the national headquarters of sae disbanded the chapter and appointed a national advisory panel and instituted mandatory sensitivity training. 25 students were disciplined by the university and a few withdrew from the university. it is clear that the chant was not invented on that bus ride so where did it come from? levi petit refused to say in his first public appearance. parker rice the other student that withdrew from the school says the song was, quote, taught to us. and the findings were
chant were mean hateful, and racist. i knew they were wrong. but i never knew how or why they were wrong. the people i met with like senator pitman and all these leaders behind me have opened my eyes to really put me behind those words, and the impact that people have when those words are said. mr. petit appeared with oklahoma state senator pitman the leader of oklahoma s legislative black caucus as well as religious leaders of the naacp who said they accepted mr. petit s apology. petit and one of the other students in the video, parker rice, have left the university of oklahoma saying they withdrew. the local sae disbanded their chapter. but the chapter has hired legal counsel in evaluating legal matters. today s press conference comes amid a rash of news reports about troubling behaviors in the fraternity system in general.