re: Why Can't Arkansas Basketball Recruit at an Elite Level?

Guy on the radio this morning talked about the perception of NWA as being hostile or "alien" to African Americans.

I think there's some credence to that, not in it being hostile but in it not feeling like home. The irony is that Fayetteville is extremely progressive racially as a whole. FHS was the first school to integrate in the state (voluntarily). There's an embracing of multiculturalism and a generally "leftist" political bent on racial issues. But all that doesn't really matter if it doesn't feel like home, in that there aren't that many other African Americans here. There's definitely a perception in the central/southern/delta parts of the state that you don't go up in the hills.

All that being said, I know that there's a group of investors trying to put together a local radio station with "urban" programming (like 92.3 down in the LR/PB) for this very reason. While it might seem silly in the days of bluetooth radios in cars and the dying out of the radio station in general, I do think that an urban format radio station would help out in making African Americans feel more at home in this area. And I'm not just talking about the music... it's the DJ personalities, the callers that call in, etc.. that helps to promote a sense of racial community in an area.

We don't even need to recruit at an "elite" level.

Just a level where we don't have walk-on talent starting and playing solid minutes on our team in year 5.

there's been several lr sucks, south arkansas sucks, nwa is where it's at type of threads (or hijacked threads started over a different topic) over the last year or so.

some of that was in jest but then some not and people get pissed, blah blah.

i'm slightly northwest of central so i feel like i can't even hate on anyone, i'm in a hole of non hate.

I don't even know for sure,, who our mods are...

And that is a good thing mostly...

I am an admin on one board, a mod on another. Try to stay out of it as much as possible. Let things ride until someone so idiotically stupid pulls a dipcrap I must step in.

Have sent a few packing in my days.