tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post5452180678469910083..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: "Keep the Negroes Out of Most Classes Where There Are a Large Number of Girls" -- 1954 University of Texas Registrar Henry McCownTimmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-68421197428956562822010-09-07T17:17:13.502-07:002010-09-07T17:17:13.502-07:00Why would I talk about Hopwood in a discussion of ...Why would I talk about Hopwood in a discussion of the history of racism at the University of Texas? Her case might be relevant to a discussion of whether the University had changed its practices so that racism was no longer as big a problem, but that's not what this post is about. It's about the shameful history of the University with respect to African American long after the Jim Crow laws were thrown out, both before and after affirmative action was put in place.Nancy Jane Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030267999537291250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-4196903537472469602010-07-25T08:06:53.543-07:002010-07-25T08:06:53.543-07:00It's interesting(?) that one can write a brief...It's interesting(?) that one can write a brief history of race relations at UT law school without mentioning Cheryl Hopwood.Eric Uysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-14733788031673734772010-07-17T07:13:14.412-07:002010-07-17T07:13:14.412-07:00Here's another good example for your list, Jos...Here's another good example for your list, Josh: A transit driver was fired for refusing to take two women to Planned Parenthood -- he was afraid they might be going there to get abortions. He's <a href="http://www.statesman.com/news/local/bus-driver-says-religious-views-led-to-firing-807732.html" rel="nofollow">suing for religious discrimination</a>, I guess on the same theory that some people in Michigan are using to oppose health reform (they might have to buy insurance from a company that covers abortion). It's very strange, these people asserting that their rights mean they can prevent the rest of us from exercising our rights, especially when you consider that most of the people making this assertion want to make the US a fundamentalist "Christian" nation and deprive the rest of us of our right to choose our own religious beliefs (or in my case, lack of them).Nancy Jane Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030267999537291250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-27807087276909358552010-07-16T20:42:33.869-07:002010-07-16T20:42:33.869-07:00Yeh, Nancy, I often want to say to "post-raci...Yeh, Nancy, I often want to say to "post-racial" people, "So when do you think racism ended? The Seventies? Okay, did everyone whose lives were scarred by racism up to that point immediately die so we could start afresh?"<br /><br />OT: down to its assumption that "Negroes" and "girls" are mutually exclusive categories, the registrar's statement is very reminiscent of Eisenhower's to Justice Douglas, to the effect that segregationists are "not bad people. All they are concerned about is to see that their sweet little girls are not required to sit in school alongside some big overgrown Negroes." But Eisenhower sent the troops to Little Rock, believing more strongly in law and order than in his personal prejudices. We're seeing that kind of distinction break down, with military commanders defying their CiC, pharmacists refusing to fill birth control prescriptions, and of course the whole Monica Goodling business. People who neither believe that their duty to a larger institution might override their individual predilections nor recognizing that defying those institutions requires the courage to deal with the adverse consequences. It's like a grotesque parody of "freedom of conscience." And, with the assumption that all ethical decisions are made on the basis of individual leanings comes the eclipse of the idea that there could be any other loyalties or duties than the personal, so Lynne Stewart and Bill Kunstler are assumed (even by liberals) to share the beliefs of their clients.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914730499199048197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-3037654034254505082010-07-16T20:20:29.875-07:002010-07-16T20:20:29.875-07:00One thing I'm pretty sure of: those living the...One thing I'm pretty sure of: those living the Gilded Age lives do best when ordinary people blame their problems on other ordinary people of a different race, ethnicity, national origin, gender .... The current nonsense over immigration is one example. If people blame their job and social ills on "illegal immigrants," they won't look to see who's really pulling the job rug out from under them. <br /><br />BTW, I added an attribution for the quote at the top, just so people would know who said it.Nancy Jane Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030267999537291250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-38190823391843959802010-07-16T19:40:27.414-07:002010-07-16T19:40:27.414-07:00Ah yes, thanks. I caught it the second time throug...Ah yes, thanks. I caught it the second time through. <br /><br />The distribution of income has just about returned to Gilded Age norms. I can't help thinking that the same people who've worked so tirelessly to make that happen are also interested in seeing the return of institutional & legislative enshrinement of the racist values dominating white societies of that same period return as well.Timmi Duchamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-24123821029716419692010-07-16T18:33:53.787-07:002010-07-16T18:33:53.787-07:00It's from Thomas Russell's paper. He also ...It's from Thomas Russell's paper. He also used it as the title of his paper. He attributes it to Henry Y. McCown, registrar of the University of Texas in 1954. <br /><br />I do say that in the post, but it's low in the story because I wanted to take my time getting to it.Nancy Jane Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030267999537291250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-67605103320415049402010-07-16T18:15:51.745-07:002010-07-16T18:15:51.745-07:00Nancy, what is the source of the quote in your pos...Nancy, what is the source of the quote in your post's title?<br /><br />Just wondering.Timmi Duchamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.com