tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post7716314322727836647..comments2024-03-11T16:39:12.344-05:00Comments on Once A Knight ...: Football integration at La. Tech: Making it workNico Van Thynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-89955865067904403492015-04-13T09:03:22.296-05:002015-04-13T09:03:22.296-05:00From Gerald Eddings: You will find prejudice in ev...From Gerald Eddings: You will find prejudice in every aspect of life, but the question you should ask is, "As the result of integration my life and many others were changed." The stereotypical aspect change for me toward all and I know it impacted every player then for I see such a change today. <br />We live in a global world, as I tried to explain, and football at Tech prepared me for it. In my last home next door was a Vietnamese family on one side and Hispanic on the other. Across the street was a Chinese family and next to it a white family that adopted a black child along with their own, neighbors to an Iranian family. My son's best friends were white and Taiwanese. <br />I was the first African-American salesman to sell valves and instrumentation in the U.S. and in most cases one of the very few throughout the world.<br />Tech gave me the opportunity to deal with situations and different cultures, and I will have to continue to do so until I die.<br /><br /> Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125402567351329247.post-57592577067354854552015-04-12T08:33:13.868-05:002015-04-12T08:33:13.868-05:00From Tommy Canterbury: Love coach Lewis and the la...From Tommy Canterbury: Love coach Lewis and the late Ms. Patsy, my high school English teacher.Nico Van Thynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072351355184106484noreply@blogger.com