Saw a picture of Sylvester Croom in the Washington Post along with a short write-up. They had to mention that he is the first black coach in the SEC. While it is a fact that he is the first black SEC coach, it seems to be more important elsewhere than it is here. We talk a lot about the football team and the coach and I’ve not heard anyone here make a big deal out of the coach’s skin color.

Perhaps we are starting to break the stereotypes people outside the south have about us. If so, well, it’s about time. In my travels I have to admit that save for of the most rural areas I pass through, I find race to a bigger issue outside the south than in it. Sure there is always the toothless guy stuck in the 1940’s that will find his way onto any news show, but people are well over those years. And that is a good thing because it gets us Sylvester Croom!