Responding to racially offensive Halloween costumes at two Auburn University fraternity parties, Penn's Greek leaders yesterday released a statement condemning the students' racially charged actions while reiterating support for their own system.
At Halloween parties on Oct. 25 and Oct. 27, members of Auburn's chapters of Beta Theta Pi and Delta Sigma Phi donned the blackface style that many white entertainers adopted in the early 20th century, and one of the brothers was also pictured carrying a noose around his neck while another dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The handful of students also wore jerseys from Omega Psi Phi - a traditionally African-American fraternity.
Though the event in question happened at the Alabama-based school, it sparked immediate reaction at Penn, leading the BiCultural InterGreek Council, InterFraternity Council and Panhellenic Council to release a statement calling the incident "unfathomable and completely inexcusable."
IFC president Mark Zimring said it concerns Penn Greek leaders that such blatant displays of racism still exist today.
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