Video depicting Virginia Tech's women's lacrosse team chanting the N-word goes viral.

Mar 28, 2018 | 12:05 PM

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Virginia Tech's women's lacrosse team is in hot water after a 13-second video shows some white team members singing the n-word after a big win.

The video was initially shared on Snapchat by junior on the team, but was soon uploaded to Twitter and YouTube:

The video shows what appears to be only white women on the team singing along to comedian/rapper Lil Dicky's new song, 'Freaky Friday.'

"This is a teachable moment," head coach John Sung told the Roanoke Times on Monday. "It’s not something that we’re proud of. The team is very apologetic and sorry."

Twitter had mixed reactions over the controversial video:

This is the @virginia_tech women’s lacrosse team @HokiesLax for those of you who don’t know! They’re trying to get this video down so I’m just gonna keep spreading it. We’re not shocked or surprised... just tired. https://t.co/3BEuNjTunt
— Alec (@alecphillips25) March 27, 2018

Hey @Deadspin was the Virginia Tech women’s team chanting racial slurs or were they singing along to one of the most popular rap songs in America? This is pathetic, and fake news. pic.twitter.com/FrWAUhn7wm
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 28, 2018

They're singing a song inwhich the word is used IN THE SONG. If they do not want white people singing the song AGAIN INWHICH THE WORD IS USED. PUT A WARNING LABEL THAT READS " WHITE PEOPLE WILL BE PROSECUTED FOR SINGING ALONG WITH THE LYRICS WHERE THE N WORD IS USED!" Ridiculous.
— OOHMMY 🇺🇸 MarilynMonroe MAGA (@oohmmy) March 28, 2018

Cancel their season, wipe their record, and expel em. Y’all call it “the n-word” because it’s dangerous hate speech right? Show and prove. https://t.co/Qb29bJTiXW
— d a v i d b (@hermanos) March 28, 2018

Singing lyrics to a white guy's consensual comedy rap song IS NO BIG FUCKING DEAL. Stop fucking putting offensive words in songs if they cannot be sung. Profanity is also context and the word used was not meant hatefully. https://t.co/NFSEjlllgz
— Davison 🧠👈 (@DavisonVideo) March 28, 2018

https://twitter.com/Fuctupmind/status/978954624274223108

“There was no malice involved. They just thought that they were singing along to a song," Sung added. "They had just won. They’re singing songs. The first couple songs were Disney songs. … They were celebrating and they were dancing and they were excited. They’re good kids that made a bad decision."

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