Christine Brennen writing in USA Today: “Tradition is lovely until we realize it’s racist or sexist or just plain awful. This is the situation that the University of Texas leaders now are in, the same kind of pickle that the Washington Football Team found itself in with its racist name that was defended for years as ‘tradition.’” Read more here.
PERSPECTIVES: When a College Fight Song is Steeped in Racism
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