Incidents of Racism Continue to Dog University of Alabama Despite Steps Towards Inclusivity by President

I have no words to adequately express the disgust I feel about the racial tensions simmering at the University of Alabama. Here's an excerpt from the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

Recent flaps over racially offensive language at the University of Alabama fit a pattern that's dogged the state's flagship school since it was integrated: Missteps along the path to greater diversity and inclusion often make more of an impression than positive strides do.

Months after the university unveiled a plaza and clock tower named for its earliest black students, the campus was swamped within the last two weeks with unwelcome attention after a white student was disciplined for yelling racial slurs at a black student. Days after that incident, more racial slurs were written on a campus sidewalk in chalk.

The school's president, Robert Witt, has drawn praise for instituting programs to increase diversity. But it's student foibles that garner the national headlines, such as when a parade of white students in Confederate uniforms stopped in front of a black sorority house in 2009 and angered alumnae gathered for a party.

To the white student who thought he could utter a racial slur and get away with it, shame on you. We have come so far as a country, why try to take us two steps back? There are so many decent, law-abiding and color-blind people in this country.