Kappa Kappa Gamma, the sorority to which Meghan Markle belonged in college, is being investigated for racism after members reportedly said of a black faculty member, “Black people, get away from me,” and “Black people, stop wearing grills.”
According to TV station KOAT 7 in Albuquerque, sorority members at the University of New Mexico (Markle belonged to the Northwestern University chapter in Chicago) allegedly mocked Stephanie McIver, a director of student health and counseling, while she was giving a presentation during a Sept. 17 welcome event.
Nick Morgan, a senior student and vice president of the student alliance Brothers Leading and Cultivating Knowledge, was sitting in the audience at the time.
“A friend nudged me and said that a group of white women sitting behind us said, ‘Black people, get away from me,'” Morgan tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I started listening, and I heard them say, ‘Black people, stop wearing grills.’ They repeated it more than once.” Morgan adds that when McIver commented on the issue of anxiety on campus, one of the women snarled, “You’re giving me anxiety.” He also said that the sorority members were respectful during the event, a safety-on-campus talk led by white police officers.
KOAT reports that Nieajua Gonzalez, president of the UNM chapter of the NAACP, addressed a sorority member who acknowledged making the comments. According to KOAT, Gonzalez said, “I’m sorry, I said there is no way that you could have said that that was going to make it appropriate. Do you understand how offensive that is?”
Gonzalez could not be reached for comment by Yahoo Lifestyle
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