WASHINGTON — Less than a week after video surfaced depicting members of an Oklahoma University fraternity singing a racist chant, a racist, sexist email from a member of a University of Maryland fraternity has surfaced.
In the email, sent in January 2014, a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity uses racial slurs to refer to black, Indian and Asian women and alludes to raping women during Rush Week.
In a statement Thursday night, university president Wallace Loh says the university became aware of the email on Tuesday, and calls the email “vulgar” and said it “expresses views that are reprehensible to our campus community.”
Loh goes on to say that he has been in contact with the fraternity and that they’ve “taken swift and decisive action in this matter,” requesting “educational training on diversity and respect for the entire fraternity,” which the university will provide.
Loh added that an investigation led by the university’s Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct is underway.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity hasn’t made a public response yet.
