A University of Georgia fraternity expelled four of its members after a racist video surfaced appearing to show the men using a racial slur and talking about picking cotton.
"Tau Kappa Epsilon is disgusted, appalled and angered by the remarks shown in a video of four expelled members," the national organization said.John Greim / LightRocket via Getty Images fileGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
"Tau Kappa Epsilon is disgusted, appalled and angered by the remarks shown in a video of four expelled members," the national fraternity said in a statement. “TKE will not tolerate any actions such as these that would be defined as racist, discriminatory and/or offensive.” The video, which has not been verified by NBC News, appears to show one white man using a belt to slap another who is under covers in bed, and someone saying “pick my cotton” followed by an expletive. The person being hit says, “I am not black.”A spokesman for Tau Kappa Epsilon said the video shared on social media is the video in question. The fraternity said it was made aware of the video on Friday, and the event was not a Tau Kappa Epsilon function.
"These four individuals acted outside the expectations of our membership and their chapter and therefore were removed from both," Tau Kappa Epsilon said. Tau Kappa Epsilon in a memo to the Xi-Lambda chapter dated Friday said it was temporarily suspended effective immediately.
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