At the University of Mississippi Michael Oher certainly doesn’t escape the racism and discrimination he’s faced for his entire life. The University of Mississippi has a long history of racial prejudice—indeed, when the first black student enrolled at the university during the Civil Rights era, students and locals rioted on campus. To this day, there is a strong racial tension on campus. One side effect of this racial tension is that even elite black students, such as athletes, are only treated with respect in some situations. As the passage suggests, black athletes are still ridiculed or just ignored when they’re…