At least nine student groups at Drury University have called for more accountability after two student leaders allegedly made a racially offensive video on campus.
“As we usher in a new incoming class and welcome back panthers who have found their homes at Drury, we find it imperative to address an inappropriate and harmful video taken during orientation leadership training,” wrote the Black United Independent Collegiate , a student group at Drury.
“In this video, two members of the Drury Cheer team and Drury’s Mo Gamma chapter of Pi Beta Phi Sorority made an insensitive and racially motivated joke at the expense of the African and African American community.”
The Aug. 30 statement was also signed by the American Institute of Architecture Students; Brother 2 Brother; Drury Allies; International Student Association; Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity; National Organization of Minority Architecture Students; Sigma Nu Fraternity; and Sociedad de Orgullo Latino.
The BUIC statement noted: “The post was removed from social media after word spread about the incident. However, this is not enough.”