Katelyn Rust makes racist statement on cell phone video

Video of an Ohio State University sophomore making a racist comment against interracial dating went viral on social media on Monday, prompting the school’s student body to condemn her.

The student, who has been identified as Katelyn Rust, recorded herself on video saying: ‘F*** yourself you’re hooking up with a black girl, that’s weird.’

‘That’s weird as f***. F*** you.’

Rust is believed to have recorded the video on a cell phone.

Another student at a different college, Aleigha Mason, who is black, posted the video on her Twitter feed, according to the student-run news site The Tab.

Mason, a freshman at Miami University (Ohio) identified the girl in the video as Rust.

Another student at a different college, Aleigha Mason, who is black, posted the video on her Twitter feed. She said she believed Rust was reacting to seeing her ex-boyfriend and Mason dancing together

After Mason posted the video on her Twitter account, it went viral. A day later, Mason deleted the post

She told The Lantern that Rust was reacting to seeing her ex-boyfriend and Mason dancing together.

‘I didn’t even know she existed until today. I danced with her ex-boyfriend and for what I understand that’s why she made that video,’ Mason told The Lantern.

‘I just want her to understand that her comments are hurtful and not okay.’

‘It’s crazy that racism still exists here at Ohio State,’ Mason tweeted in the original post with the video attached.

‘[I] can’t believe the color of my skin is “weird”.’

Hours later, after the tweet had gone viral, Mason deleted the video from her Twitter account.

Mason posted a statement on Twitter saying that she decided to remove the video ‘because at the end of the day [Katelyn Rust] is a human too even though she thinks I am less than that.’

Mason posted a statement on Twitter saying that she decided to remove the video ‘because at the end of the day [Katelyn Rust] is a human too even though she thinks I am less than that’

Rust is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. The Greek organization on campus was compelled to make a statement denouncing Rust

‘Never let anyone judge you because of your race,’ Mason wrote.

‘We shouldn’t act as if my tweet never existed, this happens everywhere and there is no excuse.’

Some Twitter users who saw the video speculated that Rust may have been intoxicated when she recorded the message.

Rust is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.

The Greek organization on campus was compelled to make a statement denouncing Rust.

‘We were made aware of the tweet today,’ Ohio State Pi Beta Phi President Tricia Gore said.

‘The content in the video is in no way aligned with Pi Beta Phi’s values. We are currently working through our member accountability process.’

OSU’s student government also put out a statement in response to the video.

‘This type of behavior & rhetoric is unacceptable,’ Sophie Chang, OSU’s Undergraduate Student Government vice president, said. 

‘Ohio State is home to so many & should not be made to feel any less due to skin color.’