Stunned by a Video, U. of Oklahoma Struggles to Talk About Race.

UNIVERSITY of Oklahoma; RACISM; BOREN, David L.; AFRICAN American college students; AFRICAN American college teachers; DIVERSITY in education; GREEK letter societies; ATTITUDE (Psychology); UNIVERSITIES & colleges

The article discusses campus reactions to a video of a racist song by the fraternity chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) at the University of Oklahoma (OU) in 2015. Topics include the response of OU president David L. Boren to the incident, the opinions of African American students and faculty at the school regarding the incident, and the role of conversations on racial issues at U.S. universities and colleges.