I can understand BC not wanting to rename the stadium for Lou. However just retiring the shirt numbers is not enough. The current plaque should be redone and the full story told of the transgression by all--BC & College football against Lou. The new plaque should be located in a prominent highly trafficked football/stadium area. Apologies made-regretted and a stern lecture that this is not the Jesuit Way. Be outfront and and transparent it happened-give Lou the respect he was denied.

I have, for years, used BC's treatment of Lou Montgomery as an example of the hypocrisy surrounding Big Time college sports. Another example of "anything for a buck" underlined starkly by the actions of a Jesuit University.

Yvonne says" It has been a rough few days for race and sports in Boston" As if the Globe had nothing to do with this. The Globe will make sure that it STAYS rough. That's right, Yvonne. Just keep Ginning Up the phony "Race" issue. In sports, or in anything else you can think of. That's what the White House wants its media surrogates like the Globe to do. Just remember folks. The upcoming election has nothing to do with the President's performance in office, or whether he intends to fulfill any of his campaign promises. It's just Race, Race, Race.

BC has other more current problems on this front to deal with, that is faculty diversity or lack thereof. 80% of their faculty is White. Here are the stats. African American: 4% Asian American: 6% Hispanic: 2% International: 7% Native American: 1% White: 80% Unknown: 1%

Bring up something of the past to keep racism going. Why not discuss other discriminations and racism that happened to other people. In the United States, Italian immigrants were frequently subjected to extreme prejudice, racism and, in some cases, violence. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Italian immigrants were often seen as ignorant uneducatable peasants. Italians were actively recruited to come to the United States after the American Civil War to work mainly in agriculture and as laborers. Most soon found themselves the victims of prejudice, economic exploitation and sometimes violence. Italian stereotypes abounded during this period as a means of justifying this maltreatment of the immigrants. Later waves of Italian immigrants inherited these same virulent forms of discrimination and stereotyping which, by then, had become ingrained in the American consciousness. One of the largest mass lynchings in American history involved eleven Italians in the city of New Orleans in 1891. Nine Italians, who were thought to have assassinated police chief David Hennessy, were arrested, tried, and acquitted. Subsequent to the trial, they were dragged from the jail and lynched by a mob that had stormed the jailhouse, together with two other Italians who were being held in the jail at the time on unrelated charges. Afterwards, hundreds of Italian immigrants, most of whom were not criminals, were arrested by the police. In 1899, in Tallulah, Louisiana five Italian Americans were lynched because they had given equal status in their shops to blacks. A vigilante mob hanged three shopkeepers, and two bystanders who were Italian Americans. Funny we never hear about the Italians, Germans, Japanese and Irish that were discriminated against.

How little we have learned from our past. Yvonne's second sentence speaks volumes. She lumps all Bruin fans into the category of being detestable. Shame on her to write an article on bigotry and then display the same ignorance of a bigot. Bruin's fans are not all racist. Many of the tweets come from out of this area as well. The Globe needs to do a better job reviewing articles before they are sent to print and Yvonne needs to apologize to Bruin fans

Boston College does not have to apologize for any racial slight. BC has supported persons of color with a special program for scholarships . This year approximately 30 % of the freshman class are in this program . Shame on Mark Dullea and Yvonne Abraham for dredging up old news and trying to tarnish Boston College and Bostonians for a few dumb remarks on twitter! J E Tonra bc60 Stuart Fl

Thank you for this article.

Ms Abraham - Thank you for your excellent article bringing Montgomery's detestable treatment to light. I must, however, take umbrage with your lead which paints all Bruins fans as being guilty of detestable behavior. The detestable behavior was by a scant few racists whose vile words were magnified exponentially by the continued retweets of some foolish fans. I hope this incident reminds us all that we must constantly fight intolerance, both with words and deeds.

This disgraceful behavior is part of our history. Apparently there are many who still refuse to acknowledge it and condemn the messenger. Renaming the stadium in honor of Lou Montgomery would mean admitting BC's complicity with segregation and take far more courage than the BC administration has.

As a BC football season ticketholder the retirement of the jersey is significant and gives a true memory of Lou Montgomery. I will be at the game on 9/1 and the Lou Montgomery jersey retirement I know will be well received by those in attendance. To try and force the issue of renaming Alumni Stadium is not necessary.

Front page article pointing out BC discrimination is obvious payback by the the Globe's Ivy Leaguers who are still smarting about a recent BC article pointing out Harvard Law's discrimination against qualified BC Irish kids decades ago as well. Things have indeed evolved into a more diverse and inclusive Boston - and BC's minority student population is now 25 - 30%. That Lou Montgomery handled the social situation of his day with such class alone means he should be remembered and honored, as he will finally be. But will the Globe's Ivy League bias ever end? To wit: Front page puff piece for Liz Warren but negative editorial cartoons for BC grad Scott Brown.