University reacts to racist chant by fraternity

George Henderson, left, professor emeritus, joins students at the University of Oklahoma to protest a fraternity’s racist chant in Norman, Okla.  (Steve Sisney / Associated Press)

Darmita White protests outside of the home of Parker Rice, one of two students expelled from the University of Oklahoma for leading a racist fraternity song in a video.   (Nathan Hunsinger / Associated Press)

Maintenance worker Danny Feland hauls off the letters that were removed from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma.  (Nick Oxford / Associated Press)

Students move their furniture out of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma. University President David Boren severed the school’s ties with a national fraternity on Monday and ordered that its on-campus house be shuttered after several members took part in a racist chant caught in a video posted online.   (Nick Oxford / Associated Press)

Maintenance worker Danny Feland with letters removed from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.  (Nick Oxford / Associated Press)

Students move their furniture out of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma.  (Nick Oxford / Associated Press)

University of Oklahoma President David Boren speaks during a news conference addressing racism on campus in Norman, Okla.   (Nick Oxford / Associated Press)

Students at the University of Oklahoma protest a racist chant by a fraternity in Norman, Okla.   (Steve Sisney / Associated Press)

Students at the University of Oklahoma protest a fraternity’s racist chant in Norman, Okla.   (Steve Sisney / Associated Press)

University of Oklahoma President David Boren, left, speaks with students as they protest a campus fraternity’s racist chant in Norman, Okla.   (Steve Sisney / Associated Press)