article_snippet: Levi Pettit publicly apologized this afternoon for leading a racist chant aboard a bus in a leaked video that shocked the nation.
article_snippet: Levi Pettit, one of the University of Oklahoma frat boys who led a racist chant on a bus last month, publicly apologized for he actions Wednesday after meeting with a group of black leaders .
article_snippet: I want you all to know that directly from me,' Pettit, dressed in a dark suit and red tie, said from a podium, surrounded by black leaders. '
article_snippet: Pettit answered only a few questions from reporters but declined to say who taught a reporter the chant or where Pettit learned it.
article_snippet: Pettit has gone on an apology tour after Pettit was caught singing 'there will never be a n
article_snippet: Before Pettit's brief press conference this afternoon, Pettit met behind closed doors with top black politicians, pastors and students. '
article_snippet: I think that will enlighten Pettit and give Pettit a new perspective on a culture that Pettit is completely unaware of.'
article_snippet: Pettit's parents outed Pettit as one of the instigators of the song 'there will never be
article_snippet: a n***** SAE,' which Pettit was recorded singing gleefully on a bus full of members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
highlights_snippet: Levi Pettit has arranged a meeting with black students, church leaders and other politicians .
  