*The University of Oklahoma bid a final farewell to two students who were said to be instrumental in the racist chant that went viral over the weekend and sparked national outrage.
The school said Tuesday that its president had expelled two students identified as playing a leadership role in the song caught on video as part of a fraternity event.
Officials at the university shut down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after the video emerged. The university’s President David Boren said in a statement Tuesday that the two students had been expelled for creating a “hostile learning environment for others.”
“I have emphasized that there is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma,” he said in a statement. “I hope that the entire nation will join us in having zero tolerance of such racism when it raises its ugly head in other situations across our country.”
He said the school would continue its investigation of the incident and that once the identities of those students involved have been confirmed, “they will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.”
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