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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 04:28 PM Mar 2015

racist chant conductor is product of prestigious jesuit prep school, 79 house mom chanted n word too

he conductor of a sickening racist chant by a University of Oklahoma fraternity has been identified as a graduate of an elite Catholic school in Dallas.
Parker Rice, 19, is an OU freshman. It is believe he did not even live in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, which was shut down by the university on Monday.
Rice graduated last year from the prestigious Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas.

A spokesman for the school's president, Mike Earsing, told Daily Mail Online: 'We know for sure it is one of our students and it is Parker Rice.'
Daily Mail Online was the first to confirm Rice's identity.
On Tuesday, university president David Boren said he has expelled two students who were identified as 'leaders' of the racist chant. A university spokesman declined to say whether Parker was one of those two students.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2988273/Parker-Rice-identified-conductor-Oklahoma-SAE-racist-chant.html#ixzz3U15k14Qf




University of Oklahoma fraternity's 'house mom', 79, says she's 'heartbroken' to be portrayed as racist after being caught on camera chanting the n-word
OU's SAE 'house mom' Beauton Gilbow, 79, appeared in a Vine clip, posted in February 2013, where she appears to repeat the racist slur
Sigma Alpha Epsilon was closed on Sunday after footage was posted online of members chanting the n-word and referencing lynching


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2987902/University-Oklahoma-fraternity-s-house-mom-caught-camera-chanting-n-word.html#ixzz3U17GVInU
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racist chant conductor is product of prestigious jesuit prep school, 79 house mom chanted n word too (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 OP
She's hartbroken? She should be ashamed of herself. notadmblnd Mar 2015 #1
she even looks like Paula Deen nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #4
If we have learned anything from Donald Sterling AngryAmish Mar 2015 #17
That would be good if he shows up then he can explain where he learned the chant. gordianot Mar 2015 #2
Thanks! cwydro Mar 2015 #3
The Jesuits must be flipping out over this one. kwassa Mar 2015 #5
How Christ-like Cirque du So-What Mar 2015 #6
Even looks like a real shitstain Major Nikon Mar 2015 #7
Parker issues an apology Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #15
"Parker Rice?" Who was the other, Randolph Duke? nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #8
one can only shake their head strawberries Mar 2015 #9
ah a future repukian politician olddots Mar 2015 #10
Hell's bells, the 'pukes will actively recruit him hifiguy Mar 2015 #13
He'll be James O'Keefe's right-hand man by next week! bullwinkle428 Mar 2015 #18
The fact that the housemother was filmed Tanuki Mar 2015 #11
Of COURSE she is heartbroken! She GOT CAUGHT! Rex Mar 2015 #12
Beauton, you must own that you are a bigot and a racist. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #14
video Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #16
Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #20
It's not acceptable but I can see an 80 year old doing this. PeteSelman Mar 2015 #19
I can see an 80 year old doing 50 years ago.. trumad Mar 2015 #21
 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
17. If we have learned anything from Donald Sterling
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 08:56 PM
Mar 2015

Never give the benefit of the doubt to anyone who is elderly.

gordianot

(15,772 posts)
2. That would be good if he shows up then he can explain where he learned the chant.
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 04:37 PM
Mar 2015

The closest thing I can think of to a defense he learned the chant from the Fraternity and was made to do this from hazing. At least all of these assholes need to pay the same price of being expelled.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
3. Thanks!
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 04:43 PM
Mar 2015

I actually just read about this on another site.

I heard that he and his family have left their Texas home and are hiding from the press.

Good.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
5. The Jesuits must be flipping out over this one.
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 05:04 PM
Mar 2015

On the other hand, Rice probably has a record at that school, too ....

 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
15. Parker issues an apology
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 08:20 PM
Mar 2015

“I am deeply sorry for what I did Saturday night. It was wrong and reckless. I made a horrible mistake by joining into the singing and encouraging others to do the same. On Monday, I withdrew from the university, and sadly, at this moment our family is not able to be in our home because of threatening calls as well as frightening talk on social media.

“I know everyone wants to know why or how this happened. I admit it likely was fueled by alcohol consumed at the house before the bus trip, but that’s not an excuse. Yes, the song was taught to us, but that too doesn’t work as an explanation. It’s more important to acknowledge what I did and what I didn’t do. I didn’t say no, and I clearly dismissed an important value I learned at my beloved high school, Dallas Jesuit. We were taught to be ‘Men for Others.’ I failed in that regard, and in those moments, I also completely ignored the core values and ethics I learned from my parents and others.

“At this point, all I can do is be thoughtful and prayerful about my next steps, but I am also concerned about the fraternity friends still on campus. Apparently, they are feeling unsafe and some have been harassed by others. Hopefully, the university will protect them.

“For me, this is a devastating lesson and I am seeking guidance on how I can learn from this and make sure it never happens again. My goal for the long-term is to be a man who has the heart and the courage to reject racism wherever I see or experience it in the future.

“Thank you for your consideration of my deepest apologies for what I did.”

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/jesuit-dallas-president-says-graduate-appears-to-be-leading-racist-chant-in-ou-sae-video.html/

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
13. Hell's bells, the 'pukes will actively recruit him
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:45 PM
Mar 2015

for some office with a record like that.

Tanuki

(16,448 posts)
11. The fact that the housemother was filmed
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 05:36 PM
Mar 2015

chanting the same thing years ago makes it clear that this was a sick "tradition", something they did all the time.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
12. Of COURSE she is heartbroken! She GOT CAUGHT!
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:30 PM
Mar 2015

She will always be the victim in this, despite the fact that she did it! THIS is why republicans are so dam dangerous! I wonder when her senate run will be, no doubt she will get a zillion dollars from the racist right.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
20. Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty...
Wed Mar 11, 2015, 08:55 AM
Mar 2015

Ugly Person. Shameful. But bigots have no shame, only embarrassment when they get caught.

PeteSelman

(1,508 posts)
19. It's not acceptable but I can see an 80 year old doing this.
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 09:07 PM
Mar 2015

The generation she comes from was brought up that way. Old people are far more racist than young people, there's no excuse for them.

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
21. I can see an 80 year old doing 50 years ago..
Wed Mar 11, 2015, 09:17 AM
Mar 2015

I can see an unenlightened 80 year old racist continuing to do it. My Dad is 80 and would never do it.

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