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University of Texas Faces New Outcry Over Old Song With Minstrel Roots Many students want “The Eyes of Texas” to go. Wealthy alumni insist it should stay. The dispute has become a flash point as universities struggle to deal with traditions spawned in earlier eras. Fans singing “The Eyes of Texas” at a University of Texas football game in Austin in November.Credit...Jay Janner/USA Today Sports, via Reuters May 7, 2021 SAN ANTONIO — For generations, the fight song at the University of ...

The eyes of Texas are once again on The Eyes of Texas FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 The Longhorn Band of the University of Texas at Austin performed during the opening of the 2017 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl game at NRG Stadium on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2 FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus near the schools iconic tower in Austin, Texas....

Texas Law student Anthony Collier – joined by (l-r) UT student Zion James, UT professor Alberto Martínez, Texas NAACP President Gary Bledsoe, Rep. Ron Reynolds, and Dallas minister Lamont Ross – addressed reporters at a press conference denouncing "The Eyes of Texas." (photo by Beth Sullivan) Texas Black lawmakers, civil rights leaders, and students from the University of Texas of Austin are calling on UT-Austin leadership to finally abandon the schools spirit song, " Th...

My reaction to TEOT History Committee Report By UTgrad08 on Mar 16, 2021, 10:00pm CDT 29 Well, I felt the need to provide my analysis on The Eyes of Texas History Committees report, since Ive done a great deal of research on this topic myself since June (as many of you know). If you are tired of this topic, or feel like its a horse thats simply beaten to death by now, I understand. Stop reading now, because this is a very long post. But if you are interested in my take, read on. How...

  Share Source: Cheryl Gerber/AP Images for Allstate “The Eyes of Texas,” the University of Texas’ (UT) beloved alma matter, has been deemed free from “nostalgia for slavery” and “racist intent,” so says an internal committee instituted by the school. The committee was created in October of 2020 after multiple student-athletes sent a letter to the university asking for a new fight song “without racist undertones.”  In response, and in a rare example of modern institutional ...

UT’s school song had ‘no racist intent’ despite complicated history, report finds Confronting — not erasing — the university’s past is key to uniting Longhorns, committee says. A committee tasked with documenting the history of "The Eyes of Texas," the University of Texas at Austins controversial alma mater song, released a detailed report Tuesday along with 40 recommendations for the school to address its past and encourage difficult conversations.(Courtesy) This story was updated...

When the familiar notes of “The Eyes of Texas” started to play from the speakers at the corner of the bar’s outdoor patio, conversations quieted and people began to sing. Some were wearing matching T-shirts they had received upon entry to the bar, meant to signal their support for the song now washing over the students and alumni gathered to watch that Saturday’s football game. It was one of many times that spectators at Cain and Abels in West Campus would hear the University of Texas�...