OKLAHOMA CITY — Two fundraising websites have been established for an African American cook at the University of Oklahoma fraternity that was banned from campus and closed by its national leaders because of a racist chant captured on video.
The sites each seek to raise $50,000 for Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s cook, Howard Dixon.
An Indiegogo site reported raising more than $63,000 by Thursday while a GoFundMe site reported raising more than $15,000.
The organizers of both sites mention having lived in the fraternity house. Messages seeking comment were left with them.
The fraternity chapter was disbanded over a video posted online that shows several people on a bus participating in a chant that included a racial slur, referenced lynching and indicated black students would never be admitted to OU’s chapter of the fraternity.
Source: Oregon Education.
