But in Texas, Saturday night was set for an uncomfortable scene.
As reported by The College Fix, a group of students planned to walk out of the commencement in protest.
The reason for their revolt: the school’s use of 1903-penned song “The Eyes of Texas.”
According to opponents of the tune, it’s downright racist.
More specifically, it’s anti-black.
The folks’ Facebook page laid it out:
After years of protesting the usage of “The Eyes of Texas” for its anti-Black racist history and months of concentrated efforts on the part of students and allied faculty to replace the school song, it has been confirmed that [the song], despite the racism it represents, will be played at graduation.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee was fond of telling his troops before they went into battle, ‘”The eyes of the South are upon you.” In 1903, a member of the University of Texas band wrote some lyrics and put them to the tune of “I’ve been working on the railroad.” “The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You” debuted at a school minstrel show with white students appearing in blackface and has been adopted as the UT alma mater.
It’s more than that, of course, It’s a Texas institution and now, cancel culture hysterics have come for it.