Great article:
White UA sororities to granddaughter of black UA trustee: We don't want you (John Archibald)
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It ought to reach out and grab Alabama right in the here and now. Right here, that is, in this feel-good moment Birmingham is calling "Empowerment Week." To be honest I am thrilled it all came tumbling out now. Because it shows the work that is not done.
And it shows us who, today, is doing the work. It is young white sorority girls – Republicans and Democrats together – who stood up to say this is wrong.
It is young reporters
Abbey Crain and Matt Ford at the CW who did their homework and due diligence. It is Editor-in-Chief Mazie Bryant – herself a member of Chi Omega – who stepped aside long enough to allow journalism to proceed without influence or interference.
These young people – a third the age of all the decision-makers and status quo protectors -- did more in weeks to change the nature of an ugly and exclusive Greek system than presidents and trustees, chancellors and politicians have done in decades.
These young people have shown Alabama it has to change. It is time.
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