Face Mask or Black Face?

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Two students from the University of Oklahoma are under investigation for the snapchat video that has now been blasted all over other social medias, of themselves using a face mask as blackface. The two female students were using a black, charcoal face mask to treat their acne and skin, but it turned into something else. After wiping the mask all over their faces, the girls recoded themselves using the "N word" and pretending that they were black. The friend who was recording the girl said "Stop! You've got too much. That's paint not a face mask." They claimed that the black coloring on their skin made them "feel like a nigger". This video has gone viral and gotten incredibly negative feed back from the University of Oklahoma, other students at the University, and from people online.

The University felt as if they needed to take action, so the girls sorority, Delta Delta Delta, or Tri Delta, expelled them from the chapter. The sorority called the students behavior "abhorrent". The University wanted to expel the girls from the University, but since it was recorded in an off campus location, it went beyond the schools legal boundaries. The President of the school later announced that the girls had decided to leave the school on their own terms because they realized they were not longer accepted there, and had done great damage to their social lives on campus. The University of Oklahoma does not accept that type of behavior, and does not want the school to have the reputation of being "racist".

The University has experienced a great amount of blacklist because students are upset they did not take legal action against the girls, or expel them. Though the girls did leave the school themselves, students wish there had been a punishment from the school.

Unfortunately, the two girls involved in the incident did not realize how offensive the video was, and they did not realize the reaction they were going to get. They did not realize that this video, first made as a joke, would become national news. This is a lesson that all students, and teenagers can learn from. Things recorded on phones, and sent to any social media can become public knowledge very quickly. The student's lives have completely changed, for the worse because of their ignorant actions.


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