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SAE, the only national fraternity to have its roots in the antebellum South, is once again at the center of a story on racism

By Mark | March 10, 2015

As I’m sure you know by now, a video surfaced a few days ago of well-dressed, white University of Oklahoma fraternity members singing together on a bus about how there will never be a black person in their frat – Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE). “There will never be a nigger at SAE,” the men sang […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, History | Also tagged antebellum South, Civil War, frat boys, fraternities, lynching, n-word, Noble Leslie DeVotie, racism, SAE, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, University of Alabama, University of Michigan, University of Oklahoma | 16 Comments

It looks like we have health care reform, what now?

By Mark | March 21, 2010

Well, it looks like Obama has done what several Presidents since Harry Truman have tried to do and failed at, and passed comprehensive health care reform legislation. Actually, I don’t believe it’s passed yet, but, according to the New York Times, Obama has been able to line up 224 votes in the House, which is […]