Recapping The Story Of Racist Snapchat Sent From A Member Of Alabama’s Chi Omega
Yesterday was a total mess. This is my attempt to clean it up as best I can.
We were the first outlet to report on the now infamous leaked Snapchat from a member of Chi Omega at the University of Alabama. It showed three young ladies happily posing for a selfie with the caption: “Chi O got NO niggas!!!!!” followed by a series of emojis that come standard with any 18 to 22-year-old girl’s social media posts. That Snapchat is below.
Soon after we published the story, our inboxes got cluster bombed with new information, most of which was attempting to debunk our story. Unable to verify what was true and what was false, we posted several updates throughout the afternoon and early evening in an attempt to stay on top of the story and remain transparent. As it turns out, all the dissenting information we received was an elaborate damage control ploy. Our original story was accurate.
A fake, distorted version of the Snapchat was even sent to us in an attempt to discredit the entire story. Very, very clever. That version is below. Notice the “gg” in “niggas.”
This is the original image we released, not knowing that it had been strategically altered. A do-gooder graphic designer emailed us to inform us of the image’s faults. He included the below screenshot.
Given all the differing information on our desks, we thought it was best to remove the story entirely.
We can now report the original Snapchat’s authenticity, as confirmed by Chi Omega’s national office on their official Facebook page. The member who posted the Snapchat has been removed from Chi Omega’s Nu Beta chapter at Alabama.
Tuscaloosa’s Fox affiliate breaks it down nicely:
I know this is a serious story and should lack any elements of humor, but this reporter knocking on Chi O’s front door just kind of made me laugh. I’m not even sure why. It could be his sorority babe-ready hair, or that “play it cool” look on his face. Or maybe I imagine a pride of giddy sorority girls opening the door and being greeted by a reporter and news camera, and him asking them, “So, are you guys racist or what?” Just funny.
Lastly, we can confirm that Chi Omega actually pledged two African Americans. This unfortunate Snapchat could very well have been one member’s lapse in judgement, and should not reflect the overall mindset of the sorority.
Image via Facebook
The thing I don’t like about this is that it isn’t and shouldn’t be a major scandal. It’s one thing to write stories about the Alabama sororities that weren’t being allowed to bid black girls, because there was serious legitimate racism in that case. But come on guys, a girl sends out a snapchat with the n-word and you try to make it into a big deal? I wouldn’t be surprised to see this on other sites. But this is a website that’s supposed to be about greek life. Do you really need to pile on? We come here to see funny columns and interesting stories, not the latest hazing/racism scandal.
10 years ago at 5:35 pmFuck all you guys giving shit to Dorn, fucking idiots. Also fuck that racist Chi O.
10 years ago at 6:03 pmDorn give you the goofballs or something?
10 years ago at 7:35 pmNah man, look at his profile pic, dorns giving him the coach Special K treatment! To be honest, his comment should’ve been read with a gagging sound effect.
10 years ago at 9:23 pmSo Chi Omega did pledge two black girls meaning that when this girl said “niggas” she wasn’t referring to black people and, therefore, wasn’t actually being racist. You dragged greek life through the mud and got a girl kicked out of her sorority but solved absolutely nothing in the process.
Stick to the lighthearted, satirical articles. This sort of pretentious, politically correct crap is exactly what people seek to avoid by coming to TFM.
10 years ago at 6:12 pmWell Dorn, I haven’t had a black person in my car ever…might as well make an article about that and try to get me kicked out my fraternity.
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10 years ago at 10:23 pmA little unrelated, but how is the distorted version of the snap chat so different and an attempt to debunk the original just because of the way the ‘gg’ looks?
10 years ago at 5:26 amBroke the story about that Georgia Tech Phi Tau email a while back…
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10 years ago at 6:06 amThe writing is confusing…Did the real snapchat say ninja or Ni**a?
10 years ago at 10:46 amSaid “ni88as”. Then they claimed it was an autocorrect (because phones autocorrect to that word apparently?) issue. Then they sent an altered version to some publications and tried to pass it off as the original and say, “see, we were framed!”.
No clue what their current claim is now, but nationals has trolled and slammed anyone on their FB page claiming the photoshop theory basically saying that someone planted it to try to make it look like the girl was set up.
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