I really can’t provide much insight as my Bama student is white, but I will share that the newly elected student body president is AA. (http://www.al.com/news/tuscaloosa/index.ssf/2017/03/alabama_sga_president.html). Of course, in an ideal world the fact that he is AA wouldn’t be relevant, but we don’t live in an ideal world. The student body president elected in March 2015 was also AA, but didn’t have Machine backing. Also, the racial barrier in the traditionally white Greek system seems to have fallen, although more AA students participate in the NPHC fraternities and sororities.