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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Racist emails sent to the University of Texas amid a debate over the school song “The Eyes of Texas”

UT alumni, students upset by donor threats to pull money if ‘Eyes of Texas’ goes away Students have protested the alma mater song because of its racist background, but UT President Jay Hartzell has said that it will continue to be played at football games and events. The University of Texas at Austin's alma mater — which is sung the tune of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” — was first played in a minstrel show with performers in blackface and connected to a saying from Confederate Army Commander Robert E. Lee.(gregobagel / Getty Images) Emails from alumni threatening to pull...

The controversy surrounding the Texas Longhorns football program and the school song, “The Eyes of Texas,” has provided a glimpse of just how far some of the school’s wealthiest boosters say they’re willing to go to keep the song as part of the game-day experience. “My wife and I have given an endowment in excess of $1 million to athletics. This could very easily be rescinded if things don’t drastically change around here,” one donor wrote in an email to UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell in October. “Has everyone become oblivious of who supports athletics??” The note was one o...

Wealthy Longhorns supporters push school president to preserve tradition: "UT needs rich donors ... more than irresponsible and uninformed students."

Rich Texas Donors Threaten to Pull Funding if Players Don't Sing School Song On 3/1/21 at 7:41 PM EST Rich donors and alumni of the University of Texas have threatened to stop feeding the cash cow otherwise known as the school's athletic department if the Longhorns quit playing the alma mater that is more than 100-years-old. The threats aren't just about monetary donations to the school and various other benefactors. They're threatening to cancel season tickets, boycott games and shut off the money if the school doesn't play "The Eyes of Texas" at sporting events. One football player tweeted ...