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Telegraph_it

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  1. 3 minutes ago, stone oak said:

    I lived in the Heights for 3 years dude. It’s one of the most whitewashed neighborhoods in the whole city, save for the enclave cities like West U or Southside Place. 
     

    Whites pushing out all minority “holdouts” as fast as possible in the name of rapid gentrification. That’s the Heights.

    Wrong dude. Gentrification skipped over The Heights and is only happening north of 610 in Independence Heights. Know Houston better. 
     

    https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/The-first-black-city-in-Texas-is-on-the-verge-of-14466916.php

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  2. 3 minutes ago, TornACL said:

    I enjoy the people who mock today's culture as overly sensitive and easily offended, and then a minute later they lose their fucking shit at the mere suggestion that they might not get to sing a song with everyone else at the next football game. 

    That’s deep and I agree. The term snowflake never made sense. They won’t stop until you lose your job. Ask the latest unemployed editors. 

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  3. 1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

    Well, no. But you’ll be branded as someone who lacks the perspective to speak on the issue unless you’re an African American athlete at The University of Texas. And that’s fair.

    I cannot argue with another persons feelings. That being said should not my feelings around a song and a university matter as well?
     

    Growing up with Texas football brought joy and also a lot of heartache. My old man would always have us stay to the end to sing the eyes. As I kid I remember singing the song with tears in my eyes when PSU beat us bad in the Fiesta or when we lost to Notre Dame at home in 90 something. Don’t get me started on some of those OU games. 
     

    No matter the outcome of the game you stood and sang the song and I felt proud even if we were beaten. Because we had that song, and we got to sing it, and the other team did not. 
     

    So I am sorry that I don’t want to see the song removed just like that. I could care less what a building is called on campus. But the eyes, damn, that would be tough.  
     

    Hopefully there is a dialogue to get the feelings out and we can figure out how to move forward with The Eyes of Texas. 

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  4. I was in student government from 09 to 11. We debated a lot of stupid shit and we wrote some legit meaningless letters on Student Government letterhead.
     

    The student government was made up of a diverse group of students from many different backgrounds and we ended every meeting with the Eyes. Perhaps it was an issue back then but I was unaware. 
     

    A quick google shows in 2018 it was debated whether to sing the song after government meetings. 
     

     

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