Minorities at UA? Please give input!

[LucieTheLakie]

This might be worth a read too, written by a visiting business professor from Greece, who attended this past weekend’s football game against Ole Miss:

Alabama is well known for its checkered history of racial relations. But I am pleased to report that I saw absolutely no incident suggesting any race-related animosity. Everyone, and I mean everyone, was rooting for their teams that were mostly comprised by young African-Americans (nor to mention that most of the music blurting out of the speakers was hip hop).

While watching the game there were several Ole Miss supporters around us who were never heckled or bothered in any manner, despite their often wild celebrating. As far as I can tell, University of Alabama football fans simply do not tolerate expressions of violence, racism or bad manners. Period. Everyone is in essence overly friendly (and yes, this extends to the cheerleaders who were happy to be photographed with us having pre-game field level access).

One vignette perhaps best sums up for me the character and excellent future prospects for both college football in the South and the South itself. Sitting right next to me was a proud Alabamian father with his six year old son. At some point the kid asked him: “Dad, why is Colonel Reb not Ole Miss’ mascot anymore?” His father gave a pitch perfect reply: “Because it is inappropriate.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aristotle-tziampiris/why-university-of-alabama_b_8172014.html