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Shortly after the house mother at the University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter said she couldn’t believe her charges sang a racist song, the school’s newspaper drew attention to a video that appears to show the 78-year-old chanting the word “n***a” several times.
In an interview with CBS, Beauton Gilbow — who said she’s lived at the fraternity house for 15 years — tearfully told a reporter she was surprised by the actions of members filmed singing “There will never be a n***** in SAE” on a bus.
“I heard the words. Unbelievable. This is not… this is not SAE,” she said.
Monday evening, the Daily Oklahoman published a video of what appears to be Gilbow chanting “n***a” seven times as Trinidad James’ “All Gold Everything” plays in the background.
The lyrics to the song read “Don’t believe me, just watch n***a, n***a, n***a,” but the word is never repeated seven times.
Vine user demi stevenson uploaded the video on Feb. 24, 2013. The University of Oklahoma student directory lists a Demi Leigh Stevenson as a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Emails to her school address were not returned.
Gilbow was not immediately available for comment.
On Monday, OU President David Boren decried the actions of the fraternity brothersseen in the video and announced the university had “severed” ties with the chapter. He ordered members to vacate the house.
