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Replacing 'Eyes of Texas' among changes requested by Texas athletes
CBS Sports ^ | June 12, 2020 | Ben Kercheval

Posted on 06/12/2020 3:10:22 PM PDT by Zakeet

Athletes across multiple sports at the University of Texas released a statement through social media on Friday requesting a series of changes that would significantly alter some of the traditions on campus as well as build more awareness of black history at the school.

"We aim to hold the athletic department and university to a higher standard by not only asking them to keep their promise of condemning racism on our campus," the statement said, "but to go beyond this by taking action to make Texas more comfortable and inclusive for the black athletes and black community that has so fervently supported this program."

The letter, unsigned but released "on behalf o the UT student-athletes", asks that the following issues be addressed "through the implementation or a plan for implementation at the start of the fall semester."

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Most of the requests -- and there are more than the ones listed above -- are necessary and easy enough to implement.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbssports.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: athletes; blm; chat; chatforum; education; protests; texas; texasuniversity
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To: dfwgator

and irish


41 posted on 06/12/2020 3:42:32 PM PDT by stuckincali
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To: BusterDog

Such a sorry state of affairs - And their hatred is all they live with. All they have grown up.


42 posted on 06/12/2020 3:43:29 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but ABCNNBCBS donates every hour, every night, every day of the year.)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like they co-opted “I’ve been workin’ on the railroad”.


43 posted on 06/12/2020 3:44:16 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: dfwgator

The only way that this doesn’t happen is if the Alumni say hell no, otherwise its a done deal.

But the Alumni wont say anything, so kiss your traditions goodbye UT.


44 posted on 06/12/2020 3:47:38 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: Robert A Cook PE

The sad thing is I think now it’s just a game to them to see how far they can push things, and people just keep giving into them.


45 posted on 06/12/2020 3:50:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

But we will stand up to these NAZIs. You will not.


46 posted on 06/12/2020 3:52:40 PM PDT by Gulf War One
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To: Zakeet

Well then...replace it with this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LArGlfEVYqM


47 posted on 06/12/2020 3:53:32 PM PDT by crz
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To: plain talk
“Donating 0.5 percent of the athletics department’s annual earnings to “black organizations and the BLM movement””

IT's always about the money. Always.

Then it'll move to 1%, then 2%, etc, etc.

48 posted on 06/12/2020 3:53:53 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Zakeet

If those are the athletes at Texas....no wonder they don’t win.


49 posted on 06/12/2020 3:54:29 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Zakeet; All

NOW a considerable percentage of TEXAS A&M students want to take down the statue of SUL ROSS.
(His statue was also vandalized.)

Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” Ross was a famous TEXAS RANGER, one of the youngest CSA General officers, the 19th Governor of Texas & likely saved (as the President of Texas A&M College,) TAMU from being disestablished forever.
(Many of the well-known institutions & traditions of TAMU were “thought up” by Sul Ross.)

IDIOTS are EVERYWHERE in 2020.

yours, TMN78247


50 posted on 06/12/2020 3:54:52 PM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
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To: ealgeone

Where is the Latino outrage that they are getting left out?

What about other minorities?


51 posted on 06/12/2020 3:55:32 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Zakeet

“Replacing “The Eyes of Texas”..”

Denied. Next question.


52 posted on 06/12/2020 3:57:16 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: robowombat

Maybe they want racist overtones instead.


53 posted on 06/12/2020 4:00:18 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: robowombat

“What racist undertones?”

Dog whistles only a racebaiter can hear


54 posted on 06/12/2020 4:04:37 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: plain talk

I think what they don’t see is the precedent they are setting, which will make it ‘necessary’ to replace all their rules, laws, traditions, statues and street names with one favoring Hispanics as soon as Hispanics soon become the majority-minority.


55 posted on 06/12/2020 4:10:13 PM PDT by JungleGoat77 (.)
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To: Zakeet

Well, they could rename the James Hogg Auditorium to the David Hogg Auditorium.

LOL


56 posted on 06/12/2020 4:18:42 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: dfwgator

“As a long time devotee of college athletics, I’m at the point of saying that would suit me fine.”

All the great football games have already been played and I would be perfectly happy to see the reruns. Gangsterball doesn’t interest me.


57 posted on 06/12/2020 4:21:52 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker
All the great football games have already been played

Pretty much what I say about music and movies.

58 posted on 06/12/2020 4:22:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Zakeet

“Replacing “The Eyes of Texas” as the school’s alma mater with “a new song without racist undertones” while lifting the requirement for players to sing the song after games”

What?


59 posted on 06/12/2020 4:26:45 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

How much you want to bet all of these “athletes” are lesbos.


60 posted on 06/12/2020 4:27:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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