USC's southern culture

AUGirl
Fri, 03 Oct 2014 17:12:18 +0000

We only dislike yankees who come down here and complain about southerners and how we do things.

There is racism here, but there’s racism up north too. We’re no more racist than any other part of the country. USC actually won an award for diversity and was the only school in SC to win it and I think only one of two schools in the SEC. Historically speaking, USC was one of the first schools in the south to admit black students. Way back in 1873, USC has its first black student enroll.

There is a HUGE presence of southern culture. About half of the students are from the state of South Carolina and many others are from Georgia, NC, and Tennessee. We drink our sweet tea, dress up to the nines for football games, and say y’all. That being said, USC has a huge population of students from NY, NJ, Ohio, and other northern states and USC is pretty welcoming to those students.