I agree that the song itself isn’t racist, may have tangentially racist related origins, etc. the song by itself overall to not racist to me a white male who went to school in Austin.

I can see how black athletes today have an issue with songs tied to minstrels with southern origins. I can also see how players don’t care and tie the song to the school. I don’t see why you really require the players to be on the field and sing the school fight song.

I really can’t see how alumni in the donor class care too much, especially enough to actually pull their funding over the song ....

the only thing that makes sense is that old white people (some) don’t like being told what is allowable by black athletes. That’s the controversy. Members of the Donor class at UT Are racist.