Rex Chapman speaks on inter-racial dating

I've followed Rex Chapman since he was a McDonald's all star. Could jump out of the gym, and had a real nice stroke. Ended up coming out a couple of years early and being drafted by the Charlotte Hornets. When Magic announced that he had HIV/AIDS and was retiring, Chapman was one of the first people to step up with loot and with support. I'm not sure what provoked his statemenets on UK's stance towards his inter-racial dating, but they were interesting. What jumped out at me was when he talked about then vs. now. "I don't know how it is now, but that's how it was twenty years ago."

I did the math quickly in my head.

Twenty years. DAMN. That went by quick.

So quick that I wouldn't be surprised if things haven't changed all that much.

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[tootsie]

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[TheConservativeRant]

I work a lot of summer hoops camps at UK, and it is totally different now than it was back then. Before the athletes were banned from the Lexington social scene (for a DWI accident that killed a football player) you would see plenty of inter-racial dating among the athletes we knew. The hiring of Tubby Smith and his success that has followed has helped change a lot of the mindset of peole up there. Also, the influx of companies to the Northern Kentucky region, bringing people of more diverse backgrounds has helped change some of the "hearts and minds" in that area.