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    Fraternity says it removed member for 'racist actions' during Mississippi campus protest

    by Emily Wagster Pettus May 06, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

    A national fraternity says it has removed one of its members for “racist actions” at the University of Mississippi as a large group of students heckled a smaller group that was protesting the Israel-Hamas war.

    A video from the Thursday confrontation showed a man appearing to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black woman.

    “The racist actions in Alpha chapter,” the national fraternity said in a statement Sunday. “The responsible individual was removed from membership on Friday, May 3.”

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