article_snippet: In it, fraternity members from the University of Oklahoma are chanting a hateful, racist song about lynching African-Americans.
article_snippet: You're president of the University of Oklahoma.
article_snippet: I'm not from Oklahoma but ended up working for Boren through a college internship.
article_snippet: You should not have the privilege of calling yourselves Sooners" (the OU nickname).
article_snippet: A cynic might consider laughable a refrain from Boren's statement about "real Sooners.
article_snippet: Boren said that real Sooners are not racists or bigots; real Sooners are not racists or bigots believe in equal opportunity, treat people with mutual respect and love each other like family.
article_snippet: A cynic might say Oklahoma is a state both very white and very red, not known for flying the banner of anti-racism.
article_snippet: Indeed, the original Sooners were the white settlers who raced in to claim land that had been wrested from Native Americans.
article_snippet: But the point of Boren's "real Sooners" riff is not to describe or sanitize today's reality; it is to issue a challenge.