University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma lawmakers tapped an African-American University of Oklahoma alumnus as a regent of the school, which has a notorious reputation for racism.

Racist fliers on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, urge White women to refrain from dating Black men.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), more than 200 reports of hate-based intimidation and harassment have been filed since Election Day.

The University of Pennsylvania is on edge over a cyber threat targeting Black freshmen. Investigators identify a University of Oklahoma suspect in an ongoing probe.

Prominent UVA news source, @cavalierdaily , publishes racist stories as April Fools jokes? #FailingToSeeTheComedy pic.twitter.com/pifzI1fXvN — UVA Nupes (@EtaSigmaNUPES) April 1, 2015 Jokes and pranks are common on April Fools’ Day, but when they’re tied to race, that’s crossing the line. The Cavalier Daily, an independent student newspaper at the University of Virginia, came under […]

A former member of a fraternity at the University of Oklahoma is finally speaking out, and issuing an apology, after he was caught leading the…

The board of directors of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma has retained an attorney after the university closed the fraternity chapter on its campus last week. Lawyer Stephen Jones was hired by the alumni board of SAE at OU after the school disbanded and evicted the entire fraternity from campus, and was […]

What a week! Everybody digs “Empire,” but if there was ever a time we needed “Soul Train” back in our lives, it’s now. It seems like Blackness, or at least everything happening around it, is making the news. If it ain’t the Department of Justice springing a cop that shot a black kid for doing something […]

UPDATED, 3:49 p.m. EST, 3-11-15 While discussing the fallout over an Oklahoma fraternity’s racist chant video on Wednesday, MSNBC Morning Joe hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough said the students may have learned the song from rap music, the New York Daily News reports. Reports the New York Daily News: The conversation started when co-host […]

UPDATED, 9:55 a.m. EST, 3-11-15: Two students expelled from the University of Oklahoma for playing a “leadership role” in a fraternity’s racist chant video that went viral have issued apologies, according to The Dallas Morning News. One of the students, Parker Rice, 19, of Dallas, apologized in a statement released Tuesday by his father, Bob, […]

A highly sought after offensive tackle who pledged to play for the University of Oklahoma football team today rescinded that commitment, a day after a racist video from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and other Sooner students came to light, reports The Huffington Post. SEE ALSO: “There Will Never Be A N-Word:” Oklahoma Frat Closed After […]

https://instagram.com/p/z_ilNau41L/?modal=true&utm_source=partner&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=video UPDATE: Monday, March 9, 2015 12:30 PM EST According to CNN, David Boren, the president of University of Oklahoma, says the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity won’t be returning to campus while he is president. Boren, who in a morning press conference also said the school would not help members find housing after they were […]