UT athletes demand racial reforms on campus, UPDATE: Univ Prez announces reforms

[Big Boss]

 

[BaggerofTea]

They are apoplectic. The fact that we're losing a lot lately isn't helping matters. Most of the cacs on there are talking about fully divesting from the program.

They aint ready for no football

 

[jadillac]

@Houston911 sticky this bro.

What's the back story on the song being racist? Does it have hateful lyrics like the Star Spangled Banner ?

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

That’s my school

 

[Rigby.]

alot of the individuals keeping Texas's reputation as a power alive are black. them old ass donors in their winter years better back back and let what happens happens.

 

[Rekkapryde]

That’s my school

You rolling with the Horns?

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

You rolling with the Horns?

Grad school homie. Grad school

 

[Rekkapryde]

Grad school homie. Grad school

well shyt, that's easy then.

 

[dtownreppin214]

Sir, how can you threaten to end recruiting events while still playing games that attract recruits?

What attracts recruits and increases undergraduate enrollment more than a successful, winning football program?

You're not changing building names or removing confederate statues without students on campus willing to put their bodies on the line and careers in jeopardy (see UNC and the Silent Sam debacle). They'll give you a black athlete history exhibit for peanuts. It means nothing to them because they'll ensure the message it conveys is one of unity between white and blacks.

If the athletes are truly "in this together" then they can unionize. Put it up to a vote. If you can't even unionize.......

The University of Wisconsin is the center of resistance against conservatism and republicans in the state of Wisconsin, to my knowledge they don't have any buildings named after slave owners, no slave songs, and they still can't break 3% in black student enrollment. At Penn State we literally named our most visited building after a black communist and we still have to deal with the same shyt as Texas students. The Maryland state flag, which is worn by UMD, is an homage to a slave owner.

Why doesn't anyone ask those who fought this fight what real change looks like?

They're talking about specific recruiting events (hosting players on visits, participating in camps, pre/post-game activities w/ recruits, etc.). Current players can have a big influence on these HS recruits, nobody's going to want to go to a school where the current athletes are disgruntled. Little shyt like that can make a recruitment go sour.

I think the buildings/statues demands get addressed. The "Littlefield" name will be tough since that family has given over $100M to the university. There's another petition from the general student body that my younger brother helped craft that has gained a lot of support (20k signatures) and include more tangible solutions around black student outreach and the police.

UT is a complicated school. It has these symbols around campus but it still has a left-leaning reputation/admin. For example, they've spent close to 20 mill the last decade fighting for Affirmative Action in the courts. So I envision them caving on many of these demands. Is it far enough? NO. But it's a big step in the right direction that these athletes are finally leveraging all the power they own. These are young brothers, many of them still in their teens, stepping in the fire and catching heat (see below) from the fans so I'm not going to nitpick at what they're trying to do.

 

[jay211]

I'm proud of this. Bring down all those statues. Rename those buildings. And cancel the Fight Song. I know the cancelling of The Fight Song got "Bunker Buddy Alumni" seething. fukk 'em. Never knew the history of the song. Disgusting.

 

[SuperNintendo Chalmers]

They are organizing and using their platforms and leverage

Gotta respect it

 

[killacal]

We're becoming a protected class..my nikkas saying they marginalized and uncomfortable allahu akbar

 

[dtownreppin214]

What's the back story on the song being racist? Does it have hateful lyrics like the Star Spangled Banner ?

First time it was performed, was a minstrel show mocking black people. I don't believe the lyrics themselves are racist, just the source of the song.

Longhorns Troubled by School Song's Past

 

[lightskin jermaine]

If Eastside high can change their fight song, so can UT

 

[mozichrome]

really wanna see how this goes.

reading twitter and the AD responded saying he'll welcome having a talk on the letter
its folks acting personally disrespected because they want the song gone, is "Eyes of Texas" really that important?