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Opinion: 'Eyes of Texas' report wrongly ignores song's racist intent

There's one magnificently stunning thing about the long awaited report from the University of Texas about the school song called "Eyes of Texas." It deals with a racist minstrel show.

If you want to understand what privilege looks like, what ignorance looks like, how a group of highly intelligent people can be totally blind to racism, this part in the executive summary of the report outlining the facts it uncovered is telling:

“These historical facts add complexity and richness to the story of a song that debuted in a racist setting," the report states, "exceedingly common for the time, but, as the preponderance of research showed, had no racist intent.