re: Its official U of Alabama is racist

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one of the things that sucks about this is that any punishment will only hurt the current members, who wanted the integrated population

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I hope this hurts Alabama in football recruiting. I hope young black people stop going to Alabama because of this. I would love to see Nick explain this to a black football recruit's family.

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The most racist people I've ever met were northerners

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my theory

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This is a comment to the "article," apparently by a student at Alabama. Seems like you libs are getting your panties in a wad over nothing.

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This article is not only wrong but incredibly offensive to any member of the Greek System at UA. Sororities did not "win the right to ban blacks" and almost every chapter has black members. The SGA Senate voted down a resolution that would do absolutely nothing, the only thing that the poorly worded resolution would do is say that "we hope you integrate", which was taken care of in September. If the resolution had passed we would still be arguing that the SGA's resolution was only a formality and not enough. No one can ever win with you people

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University Of Alabama White Sororities Admit Black Students... In 2013
September 20, 2013

AP-News
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Black women are joining traditionally white sororities at the University of Alabama amid efforts to end racial segregation within Greek-letter social groups, the head of the school said Friday.

University President Judy Bonner said 11 black students and three students from other minority groups received bids, or invitations, to join a historically white sorority. Of that group, four black students and two students from other minority backgrounds have accepted those invitations, Bonner said. She expected the numbers to rise as the academic year continues.

"I am confident that we will achieve our objective of a Greek system that is inclusive, accessible and welcoming to students of all races and ethnicities," Bonner said in a video statement. "We will not tolerate anything less."

The university's Greek organizations have been segregated by race since the first black students enrolled and created social organizations. One oversight organization has been composed of white sororities and the other composed of minority sororities. Only a handful of blacks attempted to join the historically white Greek groups at Alabama, where there are also historically black fraternities and sororities.

But that system came under scrutiny when the campus newspaper, The Crimson White, reported allegations this month that two prospective black members were passed over by all-white sororities because of pressure from alumnae, and in one case, an adviser. The coverage caused a wide-ranging debate, even prompting Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, an alumnus, to say that fraternal organizations should choose members based on their qualifications, not their race.

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If this were true the black football player should have stayed away from the SEC a long time ago. Didn't happen, and I doubt anything is changing now. Again, it's not an issue in football.

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So the truth is, some of these "incredibly offended members of the Greek System at UA" decided to actually admit minority members for the first time . . . . AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST SEMESTER !

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LOL. Northerners say the same thing about Southerners.

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That's correct. The alum of this particular silly sorority were not shamed into accepting some young lady they didn't approve of whether the reasons were skin color, family tree, car she drove, the way she dressed, hair color or complexion.

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You do understand that when you say that shaming is an effective tool in shaping thinking, you do align yourself with people standing outside an abortion clinic, or religious fundamentalists shaking a bible, right?

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