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The clips posted to a secret Facebook group were also described by Syracuse University as "anti-semitic," "homophobic," and "sexist," which is really an understatement.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmg538/extremely-racist-video-shows-syracuse-frat-swearing-to-hate-black-and-jewish-people-vgtrn
"I solemnly swear to always have hatred in my heart for n*ggers, sp*cs and most importantly the fuckin' k*kes." That was the "oath" members of Syracuse University engineering fraternity, Theta Tau, seemed encouraged to recite in an online video obtained by the college's student newspaper Wednesday, igniting widespread protests across campus, Syracuse.com reports.
The video obtained by the Daily Orange was said to be one of many filmed at the frat's house and posted to a secret Facebook group, reportedly by an SU senior and chapter member. According a Syracuse spokeswoman, they were then "sent to university officials," as the New York Times reports. In a campus-wide email sent out Wednesday, Syracuse University chancellor Kent Syverud said that the fraternity had been "immediately suspended."
"[The videos] include words and behaviors that are extremely racist, anti-semitic, homophobic, sexist, and hostile to people with disabilities," Syverud wrote. "I am appalled and shaken by this and deeply concerned for all members of our community."
According to the Daily Orange, the fraternity members engage in all kinds of horrific behavior in the various online videosincluding an apparent Holocaust reference, when someone shouts "you fuckin k*kes, get in the fuckin showers!" In another, someone yells, "hes drooling out of his mouth because hes retarded in a wheelchair." Students are also told to talk "about their significant others while drinking different wines and talking in gay girly accents."
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'Extremely Racist' Video Shows Frat Swearing to Hate Black and Jewish People [View all]
Exotica
Apr 2018
OP
Their parents are probably the racist offspring of whites who viewed the pre-civil rights
Doodley
Apr 2018
#49
A club that has rules that might include exacting unreasonable standards of membership,
Doodley
Apr 2018
#45
If it is a club fine, but a frat isn't just a club. A frat is based on exclusion. That is why I say
Doodley
Apr 2018
#47
My wife is a Jew and many of our friends are. I don't hear too much talk about black discrimination
Doodley
Apr 2018
#39
After 100's of years these Dumb Ass Racist White Boys have not stopped being the Problem in America
Civic Justice
Apr 2018
#27
Too many of these Types of "Monetary Privileged" asshole exist with like minded ignorance.
Civic Justice
Apr 2018
#35