Man spotted walking around University of Oklahoma campus in blackface, days after racist video surfaces
A video taken on University of Oklahoma grounds shows a man in blackface walking around the campus, just days after two female students were reprimanded for filming a Snapchat video in blackface.
In the video a man whose identity cannot be confirmed is seen in blackface wearing a T-shirt that reads: “Tommy Mr. King of Controversy Sotomayor the Anti-PC tour.”
@OUDaily look at our university right now. pic.twitter.com/QvZUHQ7Nab
— reyna ? (@aniyadee) January 23, 2019
Campus police are investigating the incident and as of Tuesday afternoon were not able to confirm whether the man is a student at the university.
An individual has been observed walking on and near campus in blackface. The individual has not been located by OUPD and we have no information on whether he is a student. OUPD is working to ensure all on campus are safe.
— Univ. of Oklahoma (@UofOklahoma) January 23, 2019
The university’s Black Student Association tweeted a message that read: “BSA will be opening the HTCC at 7:30 p.m for all of those that need a safe place to process all the emotions of the recent events happening on OUR campus. During this we will come together as a community to strategize and come up with a viable plan of solutions. #BetterTogether.”
University of Oklahoma president Jim Gallogly also issued a statement on Wednesday regarding the incident.
#OU President Jim Gallogly (@OU14Pres) released the following statement in response to the person in blackface seen on campus today @kfor pic.twitter.com/Dj6ErdX1hT
— Shevaun Bryan (@finessebryan) January 24, 2019
Just this week, news broke that members of the University of Oklahoma’s Tri Delta chapter had voluntarily withdrawn from school following their actions on Snapchat, in which a member wore blackface and used the N-word. It is unclear if the incidents are connected at this time.
“Those students will not return to campus,” Gallogly said at a press conference on Monday. “This type of behavior is not welcome here and is condemned in the strongest terms by me, and by our university.”
The self-described “most hated man in social media,” Tommy “Tj” Sotomayor, has a live show called “Tommy Sotomayor’s Anti-PC Tour,” which is slated for Memphis in December 2019. It is not known why the man in blackface was wearing the shirt about his tour.
Sotomayor did not immediately respond to Yahoo Lifestyle’s requests for comment.
Read more from Yahoo Lifestyle:
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day.
