University of Georgia fraternity suspended after video 'mocking slavery' goes viral
Four members of the University of Georgia's Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter were expelled from the fraternity on Saturday. By Allyson Chiu Allyson Chiu Reporter Email Bio Follow March 25 at 5:33 AM In the grainy video, a young man sits at the foot of a bed, his legs dangling off the side. His right arm is cocked and he’s holding what appears to be a brown leather belt, folded in half. He lets out a nervous sounding laugh. Someone off-camera taunts, “Do it. You won’t.
Video of the students, who have not been named, appeared to first surface on Twitter on Friday afternoon. By early Monday, one 17-second clip had been watched more than 96,000 times and had about 600 retweets. Another slightly longer version of the same video also posted Friday had amassed more than 54,000 views.
Backlash to the video was instant and fierce. The students’ behavior was slammed as “racist” and many demanded disciplinary action be taken against them. “We have been notified that the chapter is currently suspended, and we can confirm that there is an investigation underway regarding the students involved in the video,” the statement said.— UGA SGA March 23, 2019 On Saturday morning, the university tweeted that it “condemns racism in the strongest terms.”
“The incident does not reflect the culture of unity and inclusion which we support on our campus,” Morehead said.
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