Article content

NORMAN, Okla. — The president of the University of Oklahoma chastised members of a fraternity on Monday who participated in a racist chant caught on video, calling them disgraceful and their behaviour reprehensible.

Updated statement attached. - DBo http://t.co/xIvnd9otgu —

David Boren (@President_Boren) March 09, 2015

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or University of Oklahoma frat to close after racist 'n-----' chant captured on video spreads online Back to video

President David Boren joined students at a pre-dawn rally on the Norman campus, just hours after the Sigma Alpha Epsilon said an investigation confirmed the contents of the online video and announced the local chapter would close. The video shows several people chanting a racial slur and indicating blacks would never be admitted to the fraternity. The chant also references lynching.

“You are disgraceful,” Boren said, according to The Oklahoman newspaper. “Real Sooners are not bigots, real Sooners are not racist.”

The national fraternity released a statement Sunday night saying it was “embarrassed” by the “unacceptable and racist” behaviour. A fraternity is an organization of male college students in the U.S.