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In reply to the discussion: The Limits of Free Speech [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)The discrimination against potential members of a university organization based on race is the problem, not the speech.
If the SAE at University of Oklahoma actually has African-American members and does not really discriminate, then the words are just the words of an old, irrelevant song. But the words state that the SAE at the U. of Oklahoma discriminates. That is grounds to prohibit the group from the university because if they discriminate based on race, they are breaking the law.
They asked for this problem by singing the song and thereby announcing that they discriminate based on race. The words of the song are not the problem. The discrimination is. It is against the law for organizations in public universitites to discriminate based on race.