<p>You’re going to face discrimination everywhere you go… not just the south.</p>
<p>South Carolina (where I go) actually received an award for Diversity this past year and we’re the ones who jump-started the whole Civil War by seceding from the union.</p>
<p>I don’t even really think that it’s down to the specific college. I think most large universities are going to have racists and bigots, whether they’re in California, South Carolina, Louisiana, New York, or Timbuktu. But you’re also going to have nice people who really are just there to get along, make some friends, and learn something.</p>
<p>As others said, the best way to figure out a university’s atmosphere is to talk to current students, but even then, every class is different and if it’s a large university one student might just have a really bad experience and another might just have a really good experience. It’s really hard to generalize.</p>