re: Was Bear Bryant a racist?

quote:

---

Bear Bryant probably realized he needed blacks in order to win. I am not saying he was a racist, but recruiting blacks because you need them to compete with teams like Southern Cal does not really make him a great humanitarian in my opinion

---

I would probably agree with that statement. I don't think coach Bryant would have ever done anything rascist to a black person but I also don't think he would have gone out of his way to help a black person unless there was something in it for him and his team. That being said, I don't think he was any different than most other white people his age during that time period in the South.

Just my opinion.