Fraternity leadership closes Oklahoma chapter after racist video

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(Reuters) - A University of Oklahoma fraternity has been closed and its members suspended by its national leadership after a video surfaced online in which students chanted about lynchings and used racist epithets. "We apologize for the unacceptable and racist behavior of the individuals in the video, and we are disgusted that any member would act in such a way," Sigma Alpha Epsilon's national headquarters said in a statement. "We have more than 15,000 collegiate members across the nation, and this incident should not reflect on other brothers because this type of hateful action is not what Sigma Alpha Epsilon stands for," it added. In the 10-second video, which was posted online on Sunday and replayed by several media outlets, students on a bus chanted in unison using offensive language referring to African-Americans and vowing to never admit any into the fraternity.

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