NJ College Sorority Leader's 'Abhorrent' Racial Remarks In Videos

A New Jersey college student is under fire after her university identified her as one of two people in Twitter videos who makes n-word remarks. The school's official newspaper published a response from the student (see below).

William Paterson University says it saw the videos on Twitter in which one of the college's students, a leader in the sorority community, "makes abhorrent and racially charged statements" at a non-university gathering.

"We are disgusted by this behavior which does not reflect our values or those we expect from our students," according to a statement posted on Twitter by WPU.

The university said it was investigating the matter to determine what actions were appropriate. On Wednesday, the college announced a decision. Read more: William Paterson Won't Take Action Against Student In Video

In one video, a woman is seen going on an n-word rant while standing in an elevator and wearing Penn State clothing.

In another video, the same student is standing in the background saying the n-word while another student asks people to participate in a poll and vote whether it's appropriate to say the n-word in a song. The latter student appears to be filming the dialogue.

The woman in the elevator is a Penn State cheerleader, and the woman asking if using the n-word in a song is appropriate is a member of the William Paterson Greek Senate Executive Board, according to fraternity and sorority leaders.

The student, identified as Jasmine Barkley by William Paterson's newspaper, has resigned from her position on the board, according to a William Paterson Greek Senate Executive Board Instagram post.

In a long response posted by the WPU Beacon on its Twitter page, the newspaper quoted Barkley as saying she was upset that her friend was "harassed" for singing along to the lyrics of "Freaky Friday," by Lil Dicky and featuring Chris Brown.

"I never attacked a specific person or group," Barkley was quoted as saying. "I was simply questioning why one race has more rights to freedom of speech than another."

The videos can be seen here (CAUTION: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE):

Here is the full response from the student, identified as Barkley, on the student-run newspaper's Twitter page:

The videos posted by Twitter user Seuntheactivist, who describes himself as an activist and organizer at Penn State, also prompted Penn State to also issue a statement. Seuntheactivist says the other student attends Penn State.

"Penn State’s embrace of diversity & inclusion, and opposition to prejudice & hate, are clear," the university said. "We condemn racist messages, as they are hateful and violate our institutional values. We cannot, however, impose sanctions for constitutionally protected speech, no matter how offensive."

Cody Heaton, the student body president, said it's "disgusting and disturbing that people are using hate-fueled words, especially on a weekend meant to bring the Penn State Community together."

"We will not tolerate this repulsive language which goes against the core values of Penn State," he said.

The student's words prompted almost universal condemnation on Twitter.