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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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notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)nt
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Never give the benefit of the doubt to anyone who is elderly.
gordianot
(15,772 posts)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)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)On the other hand, Rice probably has a record at that school, too ....
Cirque du So-What
(29,732 posts)He does St. Ignatius proud
Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)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 thats not an excuse. Yes, the song was taught to us, but that too doesnt work as an explanation. Its more important to acknowledge what I did and what I didnt do. I didnt 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/
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)strawberries
(498 posts)in embarrassment and confusion. I just don't get it
olddots
(10,237 posts)and central casting called and wanted Witch Lady back .
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)for some office with a record like that.
bullwinkle428
(20,662 posts)Tanuki
(16,448 posts)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)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)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Ugly Person. Shameful. But bigots have no shame, only embarrassment when they get caught.
PeteSelman
(1,508 posts)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)I can see an unenlightened 80 year old racist continuing to do it. My Dad is 80 and would never do it.