<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Former Kentucky star Rex Chapman told a newspaper that school officials tried to stop him from dating black women or at least "hide it" rather than inflame fans. "There were certain aspects of my time there that were really ugly," Chapman, who is white, said in a story published by The Courier-Journal on Monday. "I don't know how it is today, but that's how it was 20 years ago." Chapman said scrutiny of his private life by athletic department officials, boosters and others hastened his departure from Kentucky. He left after two seasons and entered the NBA draft in 1988. Once, someone took a key and scrawled a racial epithet on his car door, he said. He said he was also the subject of obscene jokes. "It's the climate of how things were," he was quoted as saying. "People were bothered by the fact that sometimes I dated black girls. Most preferred that I keep it confidential and hide it. "I was being asked to lead a lifestyle that was absolutely wrong, simply for the fact that some people didn't like that I dated somebody of a different race," Chapman told the paper. "I mean, what is that? Is that America?"</div> Source
Welp, this story is about 15-20 years too late but thanks Rex for bringing up the Kentucky is racist crap. We've had a coach for 8 years that is black! To me, it looks like Rex is just trying to make Kentucky look bad and then trying to make himself look like a victim or something of that sort. It was nice knowin' ya, Rex.
