Yale frat's Halloween party allegedly refused to admit minority women

Students accused Sigma Alpha Epsilon of making racist remarks while rejecting women of color from house party in favor of white women at Wednesday forum

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Some questioned why Sigma Alpha Epsilon was allowed to throw a party given that Yale banned it from campus activities until 2016. Photograph: Alamy

Students at Yale University are voicing their concerns about alleged racist remarks at a fraternity house party over the Halloween weekend.

The New Haven Register reported that the Ivy League school held a forum Wednesday night at the Afro American Cultural Center that was attended by students, faculty and administrators.

It followed allegations that a Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brother turned away female minorities from a party Saturday night, saying they were only letting in white women.

Female audience members described discrimination, antagonism and sexual advances by white men on campus.

Some questioned why the fraternity was allowed to throw the party. The fraternity has been banned from campus activities until 2016 for violating the university’s sexual misconduct policy.

The national Sigma Alpha Epsilon organization says it’s investigating the allegations.