From CNN:
The nonprofit group headed by Michael Guthrie of Madison, Alabama, is planning to purchase a 450-acre farm in Tennessee and hopes to open with a first class of about 30 cadets in the fall of 2004.It will be the nation's only private, all-male four-year military college.
Backers say it will extol the virtues of military discipline and the legacy of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Confederate symbols, including the first national Confederate flag, are included in the school's promotional materials. But Guthrie said blacks are welcome to attend.
"We have been villainized, especially Southern Christian heritage has been villainized as racist," Guthrie said. "I think there are a lot of conservative blacks who would understand the issues that revolved around the Civil War.
"There will also be people who oppose us. The very reason we are having to start this school -- we have become a minority in this country."
I'm curious at to whether these graduates would be, should be, welcome in an institution which touts diversity as its basic foundation. And as officers. Oy.
Exactly what minority is "Southern Christian"? They control the presidency, the leadership of the Senate, the leadership of the House, the governorships of most, if not all southern states. If this is minority status, I'll take it.
Maybe it's true that statistically, "Southern Christian"'s are less than 50% of the population. Have they ever been over 50%?