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90. Roots. You're god damn right it has roots. nt

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SAE N***er Chant -- There's more to the story... [View all] Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

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Buh bye...nt SidDithers Mar 2015 #3

dam. I was on the jury, but the post was removed in the 1 second it took me magical thyme Mar 2015 #5

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I miss him already. Orrex Mar 2015 #9

i'm curious about what he said. barbtries Mar 2015 #79

iirc, it quoted a rap song that used the n-word and then stated something to the effect that magical thyme Mar 2015 #86

thanks for filling me in barbtries Mar 2015 #89

yup. and as you can see from the name removed magical thyme Mar 2015 #97

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Bye. FSogol Mar 2015 #4

dumb asses Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #2

They don't call SAE "Same Assholes Everywhere" for nothing.. n/t LeftinOH Mar 2015 #6

That was what we called them at the U of MN back in the early '80s. hifiguy Mar 2015 #25

They were considered the most assholeish at Northern IA in the 80's too. progressoid Mar 2015 #71

At my university in the late 80s they were called "Southern Assholes Exclusively" Pacifist Patriot Mar 2015 #45

wonder if there is a way to simply throw SAE off every campus in the US rurallib Mar 2015 #7

I don't see what good comes of any fraternity or sorority. cui bono Mar 2015 #12

Watch it now BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #15

Really? I can't imagine any good argument for keeping them. cui bono Mar 2015 #17

That's because in Santa Cruz, there's way more to do than hanging out with a bunch of dudebros BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #21

I agree with you. It's elitist. alarimer Mar 2015 #16

I beg to differ ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #22

You know as well as I do there's a big group of folks here that love to spout off about things they Number23 Mar 2015 #65

Oh, I missed that one ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #68

Oh yeah, I remember that foolishness too Number23 Mar 2015 #69

But what would we do without all they entertainment? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #70

Shhhhh - we also don't want folks to know about JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #87

Good to know. Did the fraternity have hazing? cui bono Mar 2015 #72

I am glad you are able to broadbrush millions of Americans with one post dbackjon Mar 2015 #28

Many people will lecture us on that which they know very little of... LanternWaste Mar 2015 #33

I didn't speak to racism alone. It's the whole thing of hazings gone bad, raping of drunken girls... cui bono Mar 2015 #73

You post something snarky dbackjon Mar 2015 #78

Snarky? I'm sorry if you thought what I posted was snarky. It wasn't intended that way. cui bono Mar 2015 #96

It depends entirely on the culture of the national and the individual chapter. hifiguy Mar 2015 #42

Glad to hear they banned hazing. That's one of my big gripes with them. n/t cui bono Mar 2015 #74

I joined a sorority in college. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2015 #46

Not all fraternities are dudebro fraternities. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #54

That's good. n/t cui bono Mar 2015 #75

I remember an incident that happened at SAE when I was in college (mid-80s) Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #8

Call them what they are. WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2015 #23

We started calling them Frat Dicks. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #57

Here's A Link To Famous Members Of SAE..... global1 Mar 2015 #10

I wonder how many of them will sit in silent agreement with their chant ? n/t CincyDem Mar 2015 #13

Wouldn't it be great if several of them disavowed their connection? erronis Mar 2015 #29

William McKinley? Retrograde Mar 2015 #29

They go back before the Civil War. nt cwydro Mar 2015 #35

They claim their founder was the first death of the civil war. CincyDem Mar 2015 #47

And I think I read cwydro Mar 2015 #49

Alabama - where diversity goes to die. CincyDem Mar 2015 #50

Ding! Raster Mar 2015 #77

Sounds like a KKK affiliate to me. JimDandy Mar 2015 #11

The lowly little cell phone camera has become a potent force for Democracy. Think libdem4life Mar 2015 #14

I had a conservative acquaintance who was down in the dumps one day. PassingFair Mar 2015 #66

It really is amazing. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #67

How did they get there, when the mandatory pledge reads, per SAE: freshwest Mar 2015 #18

"based upon the ideals set forth by our Founders" hootinholler Mar 2015 #38

Thanks for that factoid. Although I was being facetious with my title. No wonder here. n/t freshwest Mar 2015 #63

I'm quite sure cwydro Mar 2015 #19

SAE history OldRedneck Mar 2015 #20

Not quite true ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #27

I went to a university with only four fraternities and KA was one of the four. TexasTowelie Mar 2015 #39

On the other hand ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #62

I was wondering about KA justabob Mar 2015 #60

'But it's a double standard' Matrosov Mar 2015 #24

My dad is an SAE. I wonder if he had to recite this chant? Initech Mar 2015 #26

ask him onethatcares Mar 2015 #55

So do we know of any politicians who are alumni of this cesspool of a fraternity? CanonRay Mar 2015 #31

Wiki is your friend. Some expected, some surprises Scuba Mar 2015 #43

I'm guessing Jim DeMint and Haley Barbour were enthusiastic leaders of "the chant". bullwinkle428 Mar 2015 #59

Those are givens. Scuba Mar 2015 #61

My seven grandkids take turns disappointing me... JohnnyRingo Mar 2015 #32

Your grandchildren Dorian Gray Mar 2015 #76

Fortunately, every time one grandkid disappoints me... JohnnyRingo Mar 2015 #88

The only SAE member I ever knew was black shawn703 Mar 2015 #34

Apparently (and I just learned this from Google), the SAE fraternity JDPriestly Mar 2015 #36

Here's a Wiki list of famous alumni of this shithole frat CanonRay Mar 2015 #37

Hmph. hifiguy Mar 2015 #44

400 million nasty racial events in America every year, all of them isolated incidents. Scuba Mar 2015 #40

Yes, indeed. We are in the Post Racial Era. whew! Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #53

Another DU'er actually called this earlier� it wasn't isolated incident and probably of the whole KittyWampus Mar 2015 #41

When my dad was a Carnegie Tech drmeow Mar 2015 #48

I was a Kappa Sigma at the University of Alabama in the 1980s. cheapdate Mar 2015 #51

It is in the south for sure. cwydro Mar 2015 #56

It's everywhere. n/t cheapdate Mar 2015 #58

It's everywhere, but... dreamnightwind Mar 2015 #64

Kappa Sigma here dbackjon Mar 2015 #80

Very interesting. cheapdate Mar 2015 #82

Which is why I put the underground part dbackjon Mar 2015 #84

Friggin' Dems. Always playing the race card. Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #52

Wisconsin was the same way - TBF Mar 2015 #81

Considering the history of SAE, Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #85

Roots. You're god damn right it has roots. nt BootinUp Mar 2015 #90

Oh my god that's horrible. Disgusting. Matariki Mar 2015 #91

Do all white people obsess over black people? Do or can they ever think of anything that they don't kelliekat44 Mar 2015 #93

That chant brings to mind a chant I learned RebelOne Mar 2015 #94

Yah... Agschmid Mar 2015 #95