I read the book "Black Like Me"some years ago (it's by John Howard Griffith) and it really is amazing how badly this guy got treated simply because of his skin color. Really pretty sick if you ask me. As a Southerner, I admit that race can be an issue, but only for those who MAKE it one. The Auburn incident was well...Auburn what do you expect??
And Tennessee the same thing. It wouldn't happen at Alabama because our greek system is being watched soooo closely for any signs of racist behavior. These idiots who dressed in blackface disgraced their organization and Southerners. The civil rights movement wasn't so long ago and very few people have forgotten what went on down here. Emmitt Till, Medgar Evers, MLK, Selma, Bull Conner and Birmingham...we will never get past all that if people here continue to behave as if it's 1950. I especially didn't like the fact that the Louie Armstrong wannabe claimed he was an Alpha Phi Alpha. That was in very poor taste, in my opinion. I get so tired of race being such an issue around here, but if stuff like this keeps happening I suppose it'll never stop being an issue.
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