Tennessee governor regrets wearing Confederate uniform

[struggle4progress]

POSTED 4:20 PM, FEBRUARY 23, 2019, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was 17 when he joined the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Auburn University, which every spring held an “Old South” party where he and other members dressed in Confederate uniforms.

The fraternity has since ended the tradition, and Lee, four decades removed from his undergraduate days at the Alabama university, says he regrets attending and wearing the uniform, and has come to see his participation in the event differently.

A spokeswoman for Lee confirmed on Thursday that Auburn’s 1980 yearbook includes a photo of the governor and another man in Confederate uniforms.

“While I never intentionally acted in an insensitive way, with 40 years of hindsight, I have come to realize that was insensitive and have come to regret that,” the Republican governor said ...

https://kdvr.com/2019/02/23/tennessee-governor-says-he-regrets-wearing-confederate-uniform/

[redstateblues]

1. I went to college in Atlanta and it was well known that KA was

The “old south” frat.

[brer cat]

2. As far as I know, the KAs at UGA

still have the "Old South" ball. In 2015 the school banned hoop skirts so there is that.

[DFW]

3. I thought this was gonna be a post about some 175 year old former politician.... n/t