OU closes fraternity over racist chants -- and African-American chef loses job

A chef who served the University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is out of a job, after a racist chant by frat members shut it down.

The move to shut down Sigma Alpha Epsilon comes after video of the chant went viral in which fraternity members on a bus ride declared "there will never be a n***** in SAE to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it."

On Monday, University of Oklahoma President David Boren said the punishment may not end there.

"I think the best way for us to send not only a message to this campus but also across the country is (to show) that there's zero tolerance for this kind of racist behavior," Boren said. "Those students (in the video) will be out of that house and that house will be closed and as far as I'm concerned it won't be back, not as long as I'm president of the university."

But ironically, the stand against racism had a negative impact on Howard (last name not known), an African-American who was the resident chef for the SAE house for 15 years. He's out of a job.

But alumni from the University of Oklahoma's Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter are pitching in to help out the long-serving chef.

The fund has already raised up to $18,425.