Current Events > Syracuse fraternity suspended for racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, etc. video

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/nyregion/syracuse-fraternity-suspended.html

Syracuse University suspended an engineering fraternity on Wednesday after footage surfaced of members speaking and acting in ways that are extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist and hostile to people with disabilities, the universitys chancellor said.

The video which The Daily Orange, Syracuses independent student newspaper, obtained and published after the university declined to release it, citing its continuing investigation includes a pledge to always have hatred in my heart for African-Americans, Hispanics and Jews, all of whom are referred to with slurs. One member of the fraternity, Theta Tau, tells Jews to get in the shower, an allusion to the Nazis gas chambers. The video, about six minutes long, also shows members of the fraternity laughing while pretending to masturbate each other and perform oral sex.

The video was posted to a secret Facebook group called Tau of Theta Tau. Asked how administrators had become aware of it, a spokeswoman for Syracuse said it had been sent to university officials.

There is absolutely no place at Syracuse University for behavior or language that degrades any individual or groups race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, disability or religious beliefs, the universitys chancellor, Kent Syverud, wrote in an email to students and faculty on Wednesday morning. Upon confirming Theta Taus involvement, the universitys Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities immediately suspended the fraternity, effectively halting all activities.

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>syracuse

why am i not surprised at all
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Wednesday after footage surfaced of members speaking and acting in ways that are extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist and hostile to people with disabilities, the universitys chancellor said.

Damn they wanted to make sure that they covered everyone.
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looks that way
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Man, frat kids
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So basically they were suspended only after the video went public? Even though the university had the video all along?
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