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Young racist in a rage! Outrage at OSU as sorority member makes racist statement on cell phone video after she saw ex-boyfriend dance with black girl

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;808080&semi;">From the abundance of the heart&comma; the mouth speaks&period;<em><br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;Never let anyone judge you because of your race&comma;’ <&sol;em><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;808080&semi;"><em>&OpenCurlyQuote;We shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t act as if my tweet never existed&comma; this happens everywhere and there is no excuse&period;’<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; Aleigha Mason&comma; target of hate rant<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>&&num;8216&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;re hooking up with a black girl&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s weird&&num;8217&semi;&colon; Outrage as sorority member makes racist statement on cell phone video after she saw ex-boyfriend dance with black girl<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Video of an Ohio State University sophomore&comma; Katelyn Rust&comma; losing her mind over interracial dating went viral on social media <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Rust&comma; recorded herself on video saying&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;F&ast;&ast;&ast; yourself you&&num;8217&semi;re hooking up with a black girl&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s weird’ <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Another student at a different college&comma; Aleigha Mason&comma; who is black&comma; posted the video on her Twitter feed<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Mason&comma; a second-year student at Miami University &lpar;Ohio&rpar;&comma; said she &&num;8216&semi;danced with Rust&&num;8217&semi;s ex-boyfriend&&num;8217&semi; and the video was a reaction<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>It is not clear how Mason obtained the video&comma; though it is obvious the clip was intended to be seen by Rust&&num;8217&semi;s ex-boyfriend <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;">After the video went viral&comma; Rust was condemned by OSU&&num;8217&semi;s student government as we<&sol;span><&sol;strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;">ll as her sorority <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-242062" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;katelyn-rust-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Katelyn Rust 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"770" height&equals;"633" &sol;>Video of an Ohio State University sophomore making a racist comment against interracial dating went viral on social media Monday after Katelyn Rust &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; recorded herself on video saying&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;F&ast;&ast;&ast; yourself you&&num;8217&semi;re hooking up with a black girl&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s weird’<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">A video of an Ohio State University sophomore making a racist comment against interracial dating went viral on social media on Monday&comma; prompting the school&&num;8217&semi;s student body to condemn her&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The student&comma; who has been identified as Katelyn Rust&comma; recorded herself on video saying&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;F&ast;&ast;&ast; yourself you&&num;8217&semi;re hooking up with a black girl&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s weird&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;That’s weird as f&ast;&ast;&ast;&period; F&ast;&ast;&ast; you&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rust is believed to have recorded the video on a cell phone&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another student at a different college&comma; Aleigha Mason&comma; who is black&comma; posted the video on her Twitter feed&comma; according to the student-run news site <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thetab&period;com&sol;us&sol;ohio-state&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;21&sol;ohio-state-student-racist-comment-9849" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">The Tab<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mason&comma; a freshman at Miami University &lpar;Ohio&rpar; identified the girl in the video as Rust&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-242060" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;aleigha-mason-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Aleigha Mason 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"722" height&equals;"720" &sol;>The target of the tirade&comma; a student at a different college&comma; Aleigha Mason&comma; who is black&comma; posted the video on her Twitter feed&period; She said she believed Rust was reacting to seeing her ex-boyfriend and Mason dancing together<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p><img id&equals;"i-921608dbe4641848" class&equals;"blkBorder img-share b-loaded" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;i&sol;pix&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;23&sol;04&sol;437AEF6600000578-4814950-image-a-119&lowbar;1503459567110&period;jpg" alt&equals;"After Mason posted the video on her Twitter account&comma; it went viral&period; A day later&comma; Mason deleted the post" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"846" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">After Mason posted the video on her Twitter account&comma; it went viral&period; A day later&comma; Mason deleted the post<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">She told <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thelantern&period;com&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;ohio-state-student-draws-criticism-for-online-video&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">The Lantern<&sol;a> that Rust was reacting to seeing her ex-boyfriend and Mason dancing together&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;I didn’t even know she existed until today&period; I danced with her ex-boyfriend and for what I understand that’s why she made that video&comma;’ Mason told The Lantern&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;I just want her to understand that her comments are hurtful and not okay&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;It’s crazy that racism still exists here at Ohio State&comma;’ Mason tweeted in the original post with the video attached&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;&lbrack;I&rsqb; can’t believe the color of my skin is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;weird”&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is not clear how Mason obtained the video&comma; though it is obvious the clip was intended to be seen by Rust&&num;8217&semi;s ex-boyfriend&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hours later&comma; after the tweet had gone viral&comma; Mason deleted the video from her Twitter account&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mason posted a statement on Twitter saying that she decided to remove the video &OpenCurlyQuote;because at the end of the day &lbrack;Katelyn Rust&rsqb; is a human too even though she thinks I am less than that&period;’<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-242065" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;aleigha-masons-tweet-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Aleigha Mason's tweet 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"617" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong>Lesson learnt&comma; hopefully&colon; Aleigha Mason said she decided to remove the video &OpenCurlyQuote;because at the end of the day &lbrack;Katelyn Rust&rsqb; is a human too even though she thinks I am less than that’<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-242068" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;pi-beta-phi-sorority-make-a-statement-denouncing-katelyn-rust&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Pi Beta Phi sorority&comma; make a statement denouncing Katelyn Rust&period;jpg" width&equals;"661" height&equals;"854" &sol;><strong>Katelyn Rust is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority&period; which was compelled to make a statement denouncing her rantings<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyQuote;Never let anyone judge you because of your race&comma;’ Mason wrote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&OpenCurlyQuote;We shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t act as if my tweet never existed&comma; this happens everywhere and there is no excuse&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rust on Monday released a statement to <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thelantern&period;com&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;ohio-state-student-apologizes-for-online-video&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">The Lantern<&sol;a> in which she apologized for the video&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;First and foremost racism is wrong&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I&comma; in no way&comma; think that anyone is less of a person than anyone else because of their skin color&comma; nationality&comma; religion&comma; sexual preference or otherwise and sincerely apologize for all the words in this twitter video&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After indicating that she had personally apologized to Mason&comma; she stated &&num;8216&semi;I say in the strongest possible terms that racism is despicable and I apologize for any hurt or pain this tweet caused this young woman or anyone else&period; I sincerely ask for forgiveness from this young women &lpar;sic&rpar;&comma; the OSU student body&comma; faculty and alumni family&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Some Twitter users who saw the video speculated that Rust may have been intoxicated when she recorded the message&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rust is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Greek organization on campus was compelled to make a statement denouncing Rust&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;We were made aware of the tweet today&comma;’ Ohio State Pi Beta Phi President Tricia Gore said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;The content in the video is in no way aligned with Pi Beta Phi’s values&period; We are currently working through our member accountability process&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;OSU’s student government also put out a statement in response to the video&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;This type of behavior &amp&semi; rhetoric is unacceptable&comma;’ Sophie Chang&comma; OSU’s Undergraduate Student Government vice president&comma; said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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