When a sitting United States Senator says we need 100 more Senators like Jesse Helms in the Senate, after the United States Supreme Court overturned Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act on the grounds the south was no longer racist because we elected an African American President, it's pretty clear why the Civil War Never Ends, especially in Sweet Home Alabama, because it is a culture that is ingrained, embedded, and institutionalized in the hearts and minds of white folks from the cradle to the grave.
But if you look at the state of Alabama, an awful lot of the people that run this state (government and business) came through the greek system at UA. The white branch of the greek system. So it isn't just an academic thing, and it isn't just student choice -- we all know that alums will have considerable input on whether the first (or second or third) black or white student will be accepted -- this is about whether people of some different color have a chance to get a foot onto this important ladder. Right now, evidence says they have essentially zero chance.
The allegations of segregation, racism, and discrimination in Alabama's University Greek System aren't new. The Old South Parade at University of Alabama just bite the dust two years ago.
What is the Old South Parade you ask? I'll let Fox News distort, I mean, describe, it for you. Links inserted for clarity.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A white fraternity that traces its roots to the Civil War and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is again facing complaints over its antebellum-themed events.
This time, University of Alabama alumnae are upset after Kappa Alpha Order members wearing Confederate uniforms and carrying battle flags paraded past a historically black sorority as the women celebrated the group's 35th anniversary.
The fraternity has been forced to halt its "Old South" festivities on some campuses because of claims of racial insensitivity, and Alabama members have apologized for pausing in front of Alpha Kappa Alpha's sorority house during this year's parade.
mooncat said it best
The Old South has perfected the art of victimhood and put it on a pedestal right up there beside the hoop-skirted women of the silver screen, to be celebrated it at every opportunity. This is a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's time to leave the dead past in the past, guys, and move forward to at least the 20th century even if you can't yet bear to join the rest of us in the 21st. I feel sure Robert E. Lee, whom you claim to revere so much, would offer the same advice.
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