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.