April 19, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, Mappable said: Edmund "Ted" Gordon makes $181,751 a year to stir the pot. $1,196,305 per year for all the salaries below: https://salaries.texastribune.org/university-of-texas-at-austin/departments/department-of-african-and-african-diaspora-studies/positions/associate-professor/ Edmund T. Gordon $181,751 Cherise Smith $154,394 Stephen H. Marshall $129,000 Minkah Makalani $119,178 Lisa B. Thompson $112,741 Natasha Tinsley $111,147 Kevin M. Foster $106,985 Simone Arlene Browne $96,929 Marcelo Jorge De Paula Paixao $94,200 Omoniyi Afolabi $90,000
April 19, 20187 yr We need to eventually ban cotton, produce, and lot of other things for the same reason. Let’s be reasonable here.
April 19, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said: The eyes of Texas are upon you The eyes of Texas are upon you All the live long days The eyes of Texas are upon you And you cannot get away Do not think you can escape them From night till early in the morn The eyes of Texas are upon you Till Gabriel blows his horn Somebody please highlight the racist parts for me. (Is there a verse I'm not aware of) "Till Gabriel blows his horn" always did sound a little homoerotic to me. "Horn" could have a hidden double-meaning for a male UT student who had a boyfriend named Gabriel. Looking at it that way, it may have actually been the most progressive song in the 1900's. Decades and decades ahead of its time.
April 19, 20187 yr honestly, i did not know the history of the song. it doesn't really change anything for me though.
April 19, 20187 yr Author 10 minutes ago, Texas_Rocks said: We need to eventually ban cotton, produce, and lot of other things for the same reason. Let’s be reasonable here. I'm guessing Confederate sympathizers were still in the Texas legislature when UT was founded in 1876. How do they reconcile even attending a school founded by racists, much less singing its racist song? What's next? Tear the whole campus down?
April 19, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, TrashMaster G said: "shutter"? What are we closing? Our Eyes? Oh, I get it now. The winders dammit...
April 19, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, formermav43 said: By that logic, we should shutter the university entirely. That would be UVA because, you know, Thomas Jefferson.
April 19, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said: The eyes of Texas are upon you The eyes of Texas are upon you All the live long days The eyes of Texas are upon you And you cannot get away Do not think you can escape them From night till early in the morn The eyes of Texas are upon you Till Gabriel blows his horn Somebody please highlight the racist parts for me. (Is there a verse I'm not aware of) This is something a racists would question.
April 19, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, SDG said: We won a few NC’s in football before integration as well. What should we do about that? If I disagree with this am I racist? Ask Bad Teammate
April 19, 20187 yr If the song hadn't first been sung in a minstrel show then it wouldn't be so controversial. Prather repeating it off of Robert E Lee is more problematic but,he made it his own. Our past is checkered but we make right by trying to live up to the words on the main building, "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." Pick your battles better, dude. This song has gone far too deep in our phyche to ever change it.
April 20, 20187 yr Since black Africans were involved in the slave trade, I'm sure these folks think all references to African pride should be banned as well.
April 20, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, RDCanecutter said: If things that date from 1903 are bad, then things that started in 1881 must reeeeally bother this guy. Yeah this guy should take a stand and make sure he doesn't work at such a place.
April 20, 20187 yr He must be a racist because he accepts money from an institution with a racist school song
April 20, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, MadBurgerMaker said: Yeah this guy should take a stand and make sure he doesn't work at such a place. 2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: He must be a racist because he accepts money from an institution with a racist school song Exactly. Uncle Tomming like a champ.
April 20, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, Anastasis said: We do stand behind our values. What we don’t do is cower in fear and pretend the past did not happen. We accept and learn from our history, good and bad, and strive to always do better. Fear does not control our actions, and acting on that fear does not advance the goal. To change the world. You sir are a coward, and let the fears you rally against enjoy a resurrection simply by pretending they never existed Have some self respect. Hookem.
April 20, 20187 yr a lot of people get shouted down as racists for simply opposing the removal of statues or the changing of street names. all they’ll say is “it’s a slippery slope, where does it end?” etc. well, here we are, dipshits. you have set the ball rolling. and it’s not gonna end any time soon.
April 20, 20187 yr 54 minutes ago, futureman said: a lot of people get shouted down as racists for simply opposing the removal of statues or the changing of street names. all they’ll say is “it’s a slippery slope, where does it end?” etc. well, here we are, dipshits. you have set the ball rolling. and it’s not gonna end any time soon. Whoa easy there man. This is a black white issue. We will get to Asians eventually.
April 20, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, TornACL said: The Eyes of Texas are upon you All the live long day The Eyes of Texas are upon you You cannot get away From white male corporate oppression, Police brutality and implicit bias The Eyes of Texas are upon you Until gender roles are eliminated entirely I don't know it doesn't have the same ring to it. It’ll be much more catchy when you hear 80,000 singing it at dkr-bho-tms Edited April 20, 20187 yr by Pato del Muerto
April 20, 20187 yr 7 hours ago, Lurch said: Bullshit. Overreaching now doesn’t mean preceding events weren’t appropriate. if you don’t think our entire history is at risk because of this dismal tide you’re ignorant. most of our founding fathers owned slaves, and the 21st century social justice retards are going to come after them in force. statues of george washington will come down.
April 20, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, futureman said: if you don’t think our entire history is at risk because of this dismal tide you’re ignorant. most of our founding fathers owned slaves, and the 21st century social justice retards are going to come after them in force. statues of george washington will come down. Our entire history is “at risk”? Being a bit melodramatic over statues and songs, perhaps?
April 20, 20187 yr 11 minutes ago, Lurch said: Our entire history is “at risk”? Being a bit melodramatic over statues and songs, perhaps? I’m assuming the founding fathers are a big part of our entire history. most of those monsters paid money for black people. burn their memories.
April 20, 20187 yr I’m assuming the founding fathers are a big part of our entire history. most of those monsters paid money for black people. burn their memories. No memories are being burned.
April 20, 20187 yr The objection is that the song was sung during minstrel shows? What song wasn't sung during minstrel shows in the 1900s? I want someone to provide me with a list of things that I can like that won't offend someone. I wonder how long that list would be. If this were a "second verse of the national anthem" situation that would be one thing. There's nothing remotely racist in the song. Ugh.
April 20, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, irishtexan said: What song wasn't sung during minstrel shows in the 1900s? Leaving on a Jet Plane E-mail My Heart I Want It That Way Weird Al's Tacky My Humps
April 20, 20187 yr This is stupid, but I always kind of wished it was an original tune instead of I've Been Working on the Railroad.
April 20, 20187 yr On 4/19/2018 at 6:29 PM, High Plains Drifter said: The eyes of Texas are upon you The eyes of Texas are upon you All the live long days The eyes of Texas are upon you And you cannot get away Do not think you can escape them From night till early in the morn The eyes of Texas are upon you Till Gabriel blows his horn Somebody please highlight the racist parts for me. (Is there a verse I'm not aware of) Pretty sure it was written by a white guy. Got it, you fucking racist sympathizer?
April 20, 20187 yr A student from the liberal arts department called today soliciting donations. I didn’t give, though admittedly it wasn’t 100% because of this. Still, it’s hard to accept their poor mouthing when assclowns like that guy are getting paid $180k a year.
April 21, 20187 yr On 4/19/2018 at 12:44 PM, Celery Man said: I still didn’t read the part where it indicated that the song had a racist past. Maybe I was groaning too loudly to catch it. Texas was rife with racism when the song became the alma mater? At some point early in its history it was performed in a minstrel show? Waiting for the part where the song is racist. I think they're referring to the fact that it's based on "I've Been Working on the Railroad.'" The original lyrics were: I been wukkin' on de railroad All de livelong day, I been wukkin' on de railroad Ter pass de time away. Doan' yuh hyah de whistle blowin'? Ris up, so uhly in de mawn; Doan' yuh hyah de cap'n shouin', "Dinah, blow yo' hawn?" Sing a song o' the city; Roll dat cotton bale; Niggah aint half so happy As when he's out o' jail Norfolk foh its oystahshells, Boston foh its beans, Charleston foh its rice an' cawn, But foh niggahs New Awleens So it's even dumber than you thought. This is a sins of the father type deal...
April 21, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, clapclapclap said: Leaving on a Jet Plane E-mail My Heart I Want It That Way Weird Al's Tacky My Humps I would be against losing "The Eyes.." but if it comes to that, then I would want this to be the replacement.
April 23, 20187 yr On 4/21/2018 at 12:06 AM, DixonHur said: I think they're referring to the fact that it's based on "I've Been Working on the Railroad.'" The original lyrics were: I been wukkin' on de railroad All de livelong day, I been wukkin' on de railroad Ter pass de time away. Doan' yuh hyah de whistle blowin'? Ris up, so uhly in de mawn; Doan' yuh hyah de cap'n shouin', "Dinah, blow yo' hawn?" Sing a song o' the city; Roll dat cotton bale; Niggah aint half so happy As when he's out o' jail Norfolk foh its oystahshells, Boston foh its beans, Charleston foh its rice an' cawn, But foh niggahs New Awleens So it's even dumber than you thought. This is a sins of the father type deal...
April 23, 20187 yr My rule is basically: the longer it takes you to explain why something is racist, the less likely I'm going to think it inspires racism.
April 23, 20187 yr On 4/20/2018 at 3:31 PM, clapclapclap said: Leaving on a Jet Plane E-mail My Heart I Want It That Way Weird Al's Tacky My Humps You know its gonna be Who Let the Horns Out.
April 23, 20187 yr On 4/20/2018 at 8:03 AM, futureman said: if you don’t think our entire history is at risk because of this dismal tide you’re ignorant. most of our founding fathers owned slaves, and the 21st century social justice retards are going to come after them in force. statues of george washington will come down. World keeps turning.
April 23, 20187 yr Why rant about something you either don't understand or didn't care to read about before posting? Irishtexan? Edited April 23, 20187 yr by Chopper
April 23, 20187 yr We are slowly becoming the PCU Whooping Cranes. I really despise my alma mater. They can all go to hell.
June 14, 20205 yr There are certain threads you are relieved you didn't post in initially. This is one of those threads
June 14, 20205 yr First and foremost, Black Lives Matter. Secondly, the premise that, because this song was first performed by men in blackface means, somehow, it in of itself is racist, is utterly ridiculous. Switch the song to "Happy Birthday." Doesn't quite work the same, does it? Now, should it come out that the person or persons who wrote the song were racists, and there was some lost translation upon all of us that the "eyes" really mean white supremacy, then I'll be one of the first to say fuck it. There's too many other examples of blatant racism in 2020 for me to give this much further thought.
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