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In reply to the discussion: "American by birth southern by the grace of God" [View all]dawg
(10,621 posts)people living there. There are plenty of progressive students there, too. But, just like any place, it all boils down to who you choose to associate with.
The fraternities and sororities are not the places to look for progressive people at UGA. The rest of the student body is more diverse. There are students there from all over the world. I remember sharing lunch with Palestinian kids at the dining hall; informally learning a different, and first-hand, perspective on the Middle East situation. I met people from Jamaica, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, China, France, the U.K., and Paraguay.
Lots of Northerners, too. And kids from Florida who would totally freak-out whenever it would snow.
And .... I also met a lot of right-wing assholes from suburban Atlanta.
But you make UGA sound like it's the 1960's University of Alabama, with George Wallace blocking the door. It isn't like that. It wasn't even like that 25 years ago.
The Greek situation might still be pretty bad. I can't speak to that. But that's only part of the university community.