Almost one year ago, my son's 6month ordeal at A&M ended when he transferred to SMU.His freshman year started off great. He was the first pledge of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and he enjoyed his classes. A sophomore pledge named Adam started calling him by a racist name, Sabu because of his, because of his dark skin. He is a third generation Lebanese American. He had never experienced racism in his life.Other pledges caught on with bully Adam and older FIJI's did not stop it. Adam and some of the pledges made physical threats as well as continued racial name calling. After several incidents of being call NIGGER by members of the corp he called and said he wanted out. The corp members travel in pickup truck packs and pick on loan people,like the fake brave soldiers they think they are.
I hope black athletes quit coming to A&M and for my part I am going to send the letters I meant to send last year to Minister Louis Farrakahn of the NOI and NAACP to let them know about this school, the Phi Gamma Delta's, and the Jasper of central Texas,College Station.
I was going to press criminal hate crimes against the Phi Gammma Delta and Adam. A lady who is the city atty for College Station sai racism is a big problem. She told me about a bar called The Library where the white patrons who gets in and served.

Thank God for Brian Ross's investigation. He needs to bring the lovely racist A&M CORP to the light of day as well as the Phi Gamma Delta, and the city of College Station before another James Byrd is dragged to death by the little Nazis in that area.

Until I saw the Ross report I was going to let this go away. I am going full force against the racists in this article and more.

Typical American racism.

Your society is morally corrupt and without value.

For example: Why isn't George Bush on trial for war crimes? Why haven't the American public called for his impeachment?

It's no wonder you are the most despised country in the world.

Looks like another case of internet misjustice with the messengers getting crucified in the process.

What sort of double standard exists when one school's "law students" (UT) hold a black face party and post pictures on the internet and get a light chastise from the dean, and then these A&M students who were apparently pointing out a problem get run out of dodge. Did Gates over-react due to his confirmation hearings and need to save face?

THey can make whatever they want!!!! It is up the the public if they want to view it. I don't agree with the video nor will I watch it, but they are allowed to make whatever they want. It was a dumb decison on there part to make and show this video, but for someone tod ay that they are not true Aggies is just as dumb. I am sure they regret what they did, we dont need to mock them further.

I'm sorry there is no way these people didn't know this would offend blacks. What is wrong with these kids?? Geez, our future is truly doomed:(

UT Law did NOT have a blackface party. Check your facts. The incident you are referring to is not even in the same realm of comparison as the A&M one. At the UT party, there was no blackface AND certainly NO mock-abuse of ANYONE. I am sure the students of the Thurgood Marshall Law Group at UT would agree with that statement.

Our future is not doomed! How ridiculous! WE are our country. We point it out when a person does something offensive. It is exposed, and it is corrected in public view. That is what is great about our country. Will the United States ever be free of racism? No, of course not because there will always be some person with a little prejudice in their heart. We should celebrate this incident as a success. We found this prejudice, exposed it, and corrected it. We will keep doing that because we are a great country. What nation can boast the ethnic diversity we have without having any incidence of prejudice? None. Take heart America, we are on the brink of some great changes!

Gates is corrupt. He was a member of a group that lobbied for the electronic voting machines that have proven to be flawed and may have delivered an election to the wrong man.

that video was wrong it was very bad hopefully those kids will be expelled

How sad that the day after the MLK Jr. monument broke ground, our schools of higher education, where our protential leaders will graduate, continue to have such racist students. Think, Our future policy makers will all be college graduates.

I'm a very sad and worried American.

What ever happened to free speech? Yeah, these guys are total morons, but don't Americans have that right? The government itself has protected the rights of Nazi and Klan marchers. Are they not worse than some idiotic college students? Everyone supports censorship now? That's not America and it's illegal under the U.S. Constitution.

Although I am sure these kids had some idea that what they were doing would in someway be offensive to blacks, how can we possibly blame them. Look at our society! I live in MI, where we have the largest population, of arabs, now what is astonishing, to me about this is even they coming to this country for freedom actually have the nerve to look down on blacks! It is amazing that as a society we teach "EVERY" race to disrepect blacks. Change the adults must change and then the kids can...

Howdy! I am a junior at Texas A&M University and I just want to set the record straight. I am a member of an area of society that is quickly growing...I am bi-racial. My dad is white and my mother is hispanic. I carry a white last name, which sometimes surprises people here because I do look a little hispanic.

I don't think it is fair to label Texas A&M or College Station as a whole racist. Yes, there are some people here that are racist, but that occurs ANYWHERE you go. Every university across the nation, every city in the US, and every workplace environment has some extent of racism. Some people consciously take part in it and others subconsiously do it.

I have seen parts of the video, and while I don't condone it, these individuals are entitled to free speech, just like the KKK is. I am saddened to see them leave the Aggie Network, but I personally know that they did it for safety reasons. When minorities apply to school here, most advisors warn them of the atmosphere, I know mine did. We do not enter the environment at Texas A&M blind. The facts remain that 80% of our population is still white, but ultimately it is the students OWN decision to choose to apply and attend this institution. Kids will be kids, but that doesn't excuse this behavior. At the same time, it is not fair to judge an entire community based on the actions of a few students. It would be just like saying ALL of America is for the war, which is entirely FALSE!

I hope people open their eyes to the real world, but it doesn't change the fact that racism still occurs today everywhere you go, regardless of diversity training or not.

I agree, young adults only know what they've have seen in their households. It's ashame that racism still exsist in our day and time. We have a whole lot more to deal with than black and white. We have the crazy war, starvation,murder,rape etc, must I go on. We shouldn't judge someone by their skin color or anything else. We as society doesn't have a HEAVEN or HELL to put anyone in, so we should go on with our lives. We're all BLACK in the dark, I don't care how WHITE you are.

I am deeply upset about this recent display of inappropriate behavior by students at Texas A&M. But we must all be very careful to avoid steriotyping and penalizing the group of people for the actions of a few. Because a person chooses to attend Texas A&M or participate as a member of the corps of cadets does not make them out to be racists. The opinions of the few do not represent the organization as a whole. As someone who was a former cadet and a member of the United States Military I can honestly say racism is everywhere, and it will never completely be removed. It is not exclusive to places like Texas A&M.

So please do not attack an honorable institution such as Texas A&M or the Corps of Cadets for the actions of a couple of people. I can assure you the majority of cadets and students understand the importance of having an environment that supports equality and treating everyone with fairness and respect.

The only way we will every defeat racism and inequality in this country is to instill these important values at young and early stage of childrens lives. If we all train our children in the way they should go they will understand early on what is right and honorable.

-TexasAg99

It takes a lot of courage to admit one is wrong, especially to the whole nation. I really think the young man who apologized is truly sincere and ashamed. Withdrawing from the college and apologizing is good enough! I guess no one else here has ever made a mistake before? This apology method seems to work for Congress! It worked for Clinton too! Kerry won't even apologize! How much more punishment does this young man need? I saw a whole lot of illegal immigrants flipping people the bird and calling everyone a racist! Bad mouthing our President too! Where were you guys then?

From the outside looking in (from the UK, and not pretending to hold any moral high ground as most Brits unfortunately seem to do), they seem to have been punished for speaking out at what would appear an undoubted problem on this Uni campus. The fact that they have been labelled racist for pointing out that black students get shafted by the Uni establishment is a disappointment. This is a shame that i suppose (as in this country) the media needs to take some (but by no means not all!) responsibility for. The attitude that anyone who uses racist images or language to point out racism issues is racist themselves is not only ludicrous but also stifling important debate. And this happens just as much in the UK as it would appear to in the US. You have Institutions and Rights to be proud of, you just need to win them back from the Politically Correct lobby.

Please stop the appeasement and suck it up.

Deal with it or get out.

This country was created by whites for whites. It's time we go back to our anglo roots.

As a proud Texas A&M student, I can say, that while thoroughly appalled by this incident, it is certainly not an accurate depiction of the University. I wont declare that the school is entirely absent of bias or prejudice, but those characteristics are becoming more and more marginalized by the day. While the national outcry over the video is justified, please do not let it tarnish your opinion of what is an overall sterling and reputable institution.

What is with the double standards in America? It's OK for black rappers to sing about killing white people or black people putting on white face - BUT OMG - a white person did a black face. So can whites and blacks not do a mexican hat dance now?

barclay, what will tarnish A&M is not the video, but that both the Battalion and Gates preciptiously convicted these kids by labeling them as racist for highlighting that there is a racist problem on campus. The fact that the kids did this thru a Chapelle like video, only provided a convenient excuse to make them scapegoats and sweep the larger issues under the rug. This rush to justice seems to me to infringe on the basic concept of due process and our bill of rights.

I am sure Gates has done a good job in making A&M a more inclusive University, and it certainly has a stellar academic reputation, but administering lynch mob justice is not how a steward of the university should behave. Further, would he have handled it this way, had it not been for the announcement of his appointment to defense secretary? I doubt it!