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In reply to the discussion: Black athlete having second thoughts about attending Ole Miss after election night riot. [View all]DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)1. Interesting. Thanks for posting.
If the southern colleges begin to lose top athletes maybe they will re-think everything.
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Black athlete having second thoughts about attending Ole Miss after election night riot. [View all]
RandySF
Nov 2012
OP
If they didn't have a race riot at AZ St like they did at Ole Miss, that's an important point
MrScorpio
Nov 2012
#6
The University of Arizona in Tuscon would be best, good school, good city. The player is right,
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#12
And I've heard the likes of Rush and other Wingnuts alluding to minorities rioting
ceeRoy
Nov 2012
#7
yes, all of those minorities would just be out in the street rioting if president obama had lost
newspeak
Nov 2012
#19
yes- it's a fine state. it's the people who live there that are the problem.
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#20
If he wants to avoid entitled white kids being racist assholes USC is right out.
LeftyMom
Nov 2012
#47
I think more African American athletes should think twice about attending Southern schools.
Nedsdag
Nov 2012
#25
Good. None of the scholar athletes (pfft) at SEC schools could find their classrooms with
LeftyMom
Nov 2012
#48
They are implying the view of African-Americans from the rural south that many people hold
RB TexLa
Nov 2012
#65
That's having the courage of your convictions. Hope he gets on somewhere else.
nolabear
Nov 2012
#21