A long list of reasons why UT Austin should change its official school song — Nowadays, American corporate culture shuns the word ‘problem’ — because it’s uncomfortable. Managers don’t like to hear employees say things such as: “The problem with what You said is…” So instead, they cultivate an ambiance of euphemisms, such as: “What you said suggests promising opportunities…” Behold this aberration of the…

UT Austin released a Report about the song, but its historical origins are worse than it says. — I read UT’s Report about The Eyes of Texas song, which has multiple merits, such as its account of how the song has been performed for decades. However, it also has defects, including the account of its origins. Therefore, as a professor of history, I decided to research an accurate…

This is a selection of the sources used in the article “Whitewashing the Eyes of Texas” by Alberto A. Martinez. — Here’s the full article. Jack Allen, quoted in “News Items of this Territory Are Compiled,” Pampa Daily News (Texas), Vol. 29, №222, December 22, 1935, p.13. Anonymous friend of John Sinclair: a female teacher in San Antonio, “Controversy Over ‘Eyes of Texas’ Threatens to Go to Supreme Court; Copyrighter Steps…

thank you Todd. -- The astonishing thing, also, is that there has been no opportunity whatsoever for faculty and administrators to have a frank discussion about the song, its history, and its impact on students. It is stunning that they proposed to have a "difficult conversation," etc., but then abruptly shut it down completely the moment I published my article on "True Origins of The Eyes of Texas."

thank you for kindly voicing your fair and reasonable advice!

BY ALBERTO A. MARTINEZ Because of the recent earthquakes, more than 8000 people have been sleeping in streets or shelters, many needing aid. City mayors desperately begged for supplies from the central government. Then, last Saturday, residents of the city of Ponce broke into a 43,000-square-foot warehouse because they heard…

Controversy flares over how many Puerto Ricans died because of Hurricane Maria. On May 29, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article arguing that Puerto Rico’s Department of Public Safety misreported the number of deaths as 64 people on December 9, 2017. …