Kiffin’s vision of diversity relies on the colorblind dollar

By: Andrea Hagan

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: May 18, 2026

Words: 1,075

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Lane Kiffin was recently featured in a Vanity Fair cover story and gave the magazine a sentence that turned a sports story into a national one.

Asked why recruiting felt easier at LSU than it had been at Ole Miss, the new Tigers’ head coach said top Black recruits used to tell him, “Hey, coach, we really like you. But my grandparents aren’t letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi.”

Then came the line.

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