article_snippet: the team made the team stance against the university's racist fraternity chant row known on Thursday, as the team have every day since Monday, by declining to take part in a scheduled practice.
article_snippet: Instead, the team took to the field--all of the team dressed in black--and stood arm-in-arm in a silent vigil.
article_snippet: : the team stands arm in arm on Owen Field on the campus in Norman, Oklahoma on Thursday in response to the recent racist video from a now-closed campus fraternity .
article_snippet: Not practicing: The Sooners have silently protested while clad in black all week long while declining to participate in scheduled practices .
article_snippet: The team has not practiced all week, instead silently demonstrating at Owen Field during Owen Field normal practice time.
article_snippet: 'Allowing this culture to thrive goes against everything this culture means to be a Sooner,' said the players, who vowed to raise awareness of racism and show 'we are defined by more than the numbers on we jerseys and that we are human beings that desire to get to know we classmates.'
article_snippet: Standing together: Oklahoma linebacker Eric Striker, left, gestures as Oklahoma linebacker Eric Striker answers a question following a demonstration by this team against racism Thursday.
highlights_snippet: Oklahoma Sooners have declined to practice all week in protest of a video in which fraternity members make racist slurs and chant about lynchings .
  