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« Reply #1820 on: June 12, 2020, 11:01:10 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 12, 2020, 10:12:33 PM
ya know, if giving up "the eyes" would magically fix the race issue on campus, it would be worth it

but, it won't
I dont think there is an end to it

they will always want more
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« Reply #1821 on: June 13, 2020, 12:36:38 AM »
Who are "they," 320?
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« Reply #1822 on: June 13, 2020, 12:53:35 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on June 13, 2020, 12:36:38 AM
Who are "they," 320?
all the folks tearing down statues 

the little snowflakes offended by The Eyes of Texas

I swear to God if they do away with The Eyes I will never watch another UT game
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« Reply #1823 on: June 13, 2020, 07:25:56 AM »
I think there will always be some racism

it can certainly get better

it's much much better now that it was in the 60's

hopefully, 60 years from now it's that much better.  I think it can be.

snowflakes are fragile, but they have empathy and tolerance for others that are oppressed.  They have their good qualities.
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« Reply #1824 on: June 13, 2020, 10:41:00 AM »
Human beings are more comfortable with folks who look like them, talk like them, think like them.  It's inherent.  It's not so much racism, as otherism.

I think the more one travels and is educated and has disparate experiences, the more one learns to appreciate diversity, for real, and understands that most humans of whatever ilk have the same basic aspirations.

Even Sooner fans.  Usually.  Sometimes.  Maybe.
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« Reply #1825 on: June 13, 2020, 07:19:38 PM »
Diversity can include dimensions beyond national ancestry.
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« Reply #1826 on: June 13, 2020, 10:26:12 PM »
Yeah, I recall being shocked, shocked I say, to realize that Damn Yankees are pretty much normal people.

I'm embarrassed to post that.

Maybe even some Sooners are OK too, not sure of that one.
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« Reply #1827 on: June 13, 2020, 10:35:08 PM »
You just never know.
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« Reply #1828 on: June 13, 2020, 10:36:29 PM »
Can't we all just get along?

We pretty much do here, oorah.
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« Reply #1829 on: June 14, 2020, 12:27:28 AM »
Well, this Big 12 board isn't exactly a beehive of activity or a hub of controversy.  2 Horns, an Aggie, a Dawg, and a Sooner occasionally post here, and that's about it for weeks, even months at a time.
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« Reply #1830 on: June 14, 2020, 11:46:49 AM »
a couple ex-Big twelvers

but, they don't count, they're different
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« Reply #1831 on: June 14, 2020, 02:20:08 PM »
Wish we could arrange a reunion again.

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« Reply #1832 on: June 14, 2020, 02:50:17 PM »
Oops!  Forgot about Fearless.  He might be the most prolific poster on this board.
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« Reply #1833 on: June 15, 2020, 09:58:51 AM »
I've said this in lots of places, so I'll say it here.

As a white man, I don't get to tell black students what's offensive.

I've read about the racist origins and debut of "The Eyes of Texas". Never in my lifetime of singing it did I sense that it might convey a racist feeling, but that's the crux of the problem. It isn't up to me. If the black students or alumni feel insulted by the tune, then we need to change it.

I'd rather lose a song than divide a people. I just ask that they be certain that they can't live with it before we trash over 100 years of tradition.
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