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re: OU Frat Racist... Video of Frat and OU's President coming down hard!
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:52 am to Dawgsontop34
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:52 am to Dawgsontop34
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I know tons of kids that weren't like this in high school, pledged a fraternity, and then it seemed like there was a lot more racist comments coming out of their mouths. Obviously not everyone feels that way, but when you have an entire group of brothers you are close with you are more inclined to agree with them. That doesn't excuse the actions of any of those people though. Hopefully they will learn from this.
Rarely are these actions ever done with actual malice or hatred. They quite literally don't understand what they're saying. They haven't exactly experienced the real world yet where they actually have to understand what they're saying and the consequences of it. It's just something they think is cool to say.
We went through that shite with students chanting The South Will Rise Again after one of our band's songs. The students weren't chanting that in support of the klan...it was just something cool they heard other people do and wanted to fit in.
They're fricking idiots....no one is denying that.
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Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:57 am to pankReb
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Rarely are these actions ever done with actual malice or hatred. They quite literally don't understand what they're saying. They haven't exactly experienced the real world yet where they actually have to understand what they're saying and the consequences of it. It's just something they think is cool to say.
I am usually one to try and give people a break, but I disagree here.
They know what they are doing. This makes them feel superior and they like it. Unfortunately, a good deal of being in a frat is about feeling like you belong to something that affirms your worth, so this isn't surprising. I am not saying that all frats are this way at all, but it is not hard to see how some can be a breeding ground.
And look at the girls in the video. Clapping and singing along. Hearing on Twitter that they are OU Tri-Delts. Not sure though. They are brainwashed to go along with it too.
Pure stupidity.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 2:00 am to pankReb
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Rarely are these actions ever done with actual malice or hatred. They quite literally don't understand what they're saying. They haven't exactly experienced the real world yet where they actually have to understand what they're saying and the consequences of it. It's just something they think is cool to say.
I completely agree with you here. Unfortunately, I wasn't always the wisest with this sort of stuff at the beginning of my time in Athens because I had some friends from very racist communities and I would occasionally make jokes that I'm ashamed of now. Fortunately, I surrounded myself with the right sort of people and began to do my own thinking and research on racism and the detriment it plays to society and have a different outlook on it now than I did 6 years ago. I was never racist, but I was embarrassingly tolerant of it. I'm hoping these kids and kids all around the country get a wake up call from seeing this.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 2:01 am to pankReb
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Rarely are these actions ever done with actual malice or hatred. They quite literally don't understand what they're saying. They haven't exactly experienced the real world yet where they actually have to understand what they're saying and the consequences of it. It's just something they think is cool to say.
We went through that shite with students chanting The South Will Rise Again after one of our band's songs. The students weren't chanting that in support of the klan...it was just something cool they heard other people do and wanted to fit in.
They're fricking idiots....no one is denying that.
I would be surprised if none of these kids associate with or even have black friends. I doubt any of them have even thought about what an actual lynching would be like and wouldn't be disgusted by the sight of it. But the group mentality kicks in and people do things contrary to what they would Normally say or do and shite like this happens
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