Oklahoma Frat Brothers Apologize For Racist Song

[Zaac]

A former member of a now-defunct University of Oklahoma fraternity apologized on Tuesday, two days after a video leaked showing him singing a song with deeply racist undertones.

“I am deeply sorry for what I did Saturday night. It was wrong and reckless," said Parker Rice in a statement published by the Dallas Morning News. He said he was no longer a student at OU.

The family of Levi Pettit, who also participated in the video, also released a statement on Tuesday.

"He made a horrible mistake, and will live with the consequences forever," they said. Pettit's family also defended him, saying that although his behavior in the video was "disgusting," "he is not a racist."

The national office for Sigma Alpha Epsilon shut down the OU chapter late on Sunday after several members were caught on video singing a song that included racial slurs and references to lynching. On Tuesday, the university revealed that it had expelled two students who were "leaders" in the chanting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/10/oklahoma-frat-apology-sae-racism_n_6843798.html

Just all around sad. Folks just don't think about how something like this can follow them around for the rest of their lives.

 

[Don]

Heard a talk show guy on the radio last night, and I think he has a point. The second young man? His *parents* apologized on his behalf? Called him their "boy"? He's 18-19 years old; when are his parents going to make him start owning up to his mistakes?

 

[Scarlett O.]

He has tainted his own name, his family's reputation, his fraternity's name, and the school's reputation.

Too little....

too late.

An apology is called for, but it can't fix anything.

 

[Zaac]

Heard a talk show guy on the radio last night, and I think he has a point. The second young man? His *parents* apologized on his behalf? Called him their "boy"? He's 18-19 years old; when are his parents going to make him start owning up to his mistakes?

Their "parenting" may be where he got this sort of idea. He may be their child, but they need to let him be responsible for what he has done. They have done him a disservice trying to apologize on his behalf no matter how well intentioned.