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Caden Sterns
@CSterns_7
My teammates and I got threatened by some alumni that we would have to find jobs outside of Texas if we didn’t participate.
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philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_
Students have been petitioning the University of Texas to get rid of their school spirit song "The Eyes of Texas," which has racist origins. Alumni and donors are threatening to cancel season tickets, end donations and boycott games if that happens texastribune.org/2021/03/01/ut-
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Chart Westcott
@ChartWestcott
“I think it's important to understand our history and to understand where the song came from, but I think it's more powerful to transform the meaning of the song and the definition of the song rather than trying to erase our history like it never existed,” -Ricky Williams.
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michael hinton
@michaelhinton09
The way to send a message is to stop having black athletes attend the football program. You better believe once Oklahoma and other big 12 programs start dominating...Texas would change their tune.
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Benjamin Wunder
@BigBenInLondon
Isn't "Has racist origins" different than "is or represents racism"? If we cancel everything that has racist origins, then basically EVERYTHING created prior to the Civil War would be off limits. Not celebrating racism is good. Trying to erase all reminders of racism is toxic.