▁noted ▁that ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁appro val ▁“ c ame ▁from ▁white ▁female ▁students ▁while ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁opposition ▁stem med ▁from ▁African - American ▁females .” ▁He ▁added ▁that ▁the ▁results ▁were ▁" in ▁no ▁way ▁an ▁actual ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁student ▁body ' s ▁feelings " ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁felt ▁many ▁students ▁said ▁they ▁approved ▁because ▁they ▁fe ared ▁" be ing ▁l abeled ▁rac ist ▁if ▁they ▁disag re ed ". ▁Mack ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁" f ear ▁of ▁what ▁another ▁person ▁might ▁say ▁or ▁think ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁primary ▁reasons ▁there ▁is ▁so ▁much ▁confusion ▁surrounding ▁the ▁issue ". ▁ ▁Student ▁activ ism ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁two ▁male ▁students ▁( one ▁African - American ▁the ▁other ▁white ) ▁were ▁arrested ▁for ▁public ▁d run ken ness ▁during ▁a ▁men ' s ▁basketball ▁game ▁between ▁M TS U ▁and ▁Tennessee ▁State ▁University . ▁Following ▁a ▁Black ▁History ▁Month ▁ceremony ▁at ▁hal ft ime , ▁while ▁the ▁Student ▁Government ▁Association ▁president ▁( who ▁was ▁black ) ▁led ▁the ▁crowd ▁in ▁a ▁" rap ▁cheer ", ▁the ▁two ▁juni ors ▁" sp ont ane ously " ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁floor ▁we aring ▁Af ro ▁w igs , ▁bell - bottom s ▁and ▁platform ▁sho es ▁and ▁added ▁a ▁" graph ic ▁performance " ▁to ▁the ▁cheer . ▁To ▁many ▁obser vers , ▁the ▁S GA ▁president ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁dan cing ▁too . ▁S idel ines ▁ran ▁a