A University of New Hampshire sorority is facing considerable backlash after video emerged showing members repeating the N-word as they sing along to a Kanye West song.
The video, originally posted to Snapchat, features dozens of girls in the Alpha Phi sorority — none of whom appear to be African-American — loudly crooning the lyrics to “Gold Digger” while the 2005 hit plays in the background.
The footage was then published to the All Eyes on UNH Facebook page, which was created to “expose injustices” on the university’s campus.
“The girls sing the n-word without thinking of the implications,” the video post reads. “This is a showcase of ignorance and that the Panhellenic Council should do better in combating racism. The first step is addressing willful ignorance.”
The university’s Director of Media Relations, Erika Kratz, said the Alpha Phi members will not be disciplined, though she said the university believes the members displayed “poor judgment.”
Kratz originally told the New Hampshire news station NH1that the incident was “under review,” but she changed her tune in a subsequent statement Thursday.
“The university statement suggesting there would…
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