Rice University opened in 1912 as the William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science, and Art,
William Marsh Rice was a very wealthy businessman and investor who left the bulk of his wealth to establish the school which bears his name. Rice had at one time owned 15 slaves and his will mandated that the school be for “whites only.”
In 1930, the statue of a seated William Marsh Rice was erected on the campus.
Back before the nation’s colleges and universities lowered their standards in order to admit more minorities, Rice University was one of America’s premier universities, ranking right up there with MIT and Cal Tech.
Not to be outdone by the nationwide protests against racial injustice, black students at Rice are making the following demands:
__The school must fund a “non-residential Black House” on campus.
__The statue of William Marsh Rice must be removed.
__The school must hire more black professors.
__The school must hire more well-being counselors and therapists.
__The school must increase the number of black students accepted to Rice.
__If during the new student orientation, a Black student requests to have a Black roommate, that request must be honored.
__”Hate speech” must be included in Rice’s code of conduct.
__Course descriptions must include tags that indicate what race/ethnic/cultural groups are included since many course titles do not make it clear if they include diverse perspectives.
__The school must provide better lighting for ID photos because “many Black students have had significant issues with the photographs that are displayed on our student IDs. … We deserve to be photographed and represented properly without having to make modifications and adjustments.”
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I’m surprised they have not demanded that the name of the school be changed to Obama University … or George Floyd Univerdity … or Kaepernick University … or MLB University … etc.
There is no doubt that William Marsh Rice was a racist, but if it were not for him, there would be no Rice University. And because of his generosity, the university did not charge any tuition at all until 1965.
If Rice students, both black and white, are unhappy with the William Marsh Rice statue, they should disenroll forthwith and find another university like Texas Southern or Prairie View A&M to attend.
And if any Rice professors are unhappy with the William Marsh Rice statue, they shouldn’t let the door hit them in the ass on the way out.
One thing is consistent with Republicans, they love to push hate and point at individual events as representative of an entire group. 50 attacks on protestors using vehicles by white, fascist loving Republicans. I guess they are representative of the entire Republican Party?
Using the same logic why not leave the college, if you are unhappy with America why not leave? Smart Republicans have left the present Republican Party and have pointed out what it has become.
I have trouble grasping why you people hate America so much.
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Manny, Mr. Jennings does not want anymore of your hateful comments posted, but I believe your comments expose you for the ass you are.
“One thing is consistent with Republicans, they love to push hate and point at individual events as representative of an entire group …..” First of all you broadbrush all Republicans as pushing hate, which of course is absolutely absurd.
“….. and point at individual events as representative of an entire group.” That is exactly what BLM and your fellow Democrats are doing about acts of police brutality. The demonizing of the police will come around and bite you and your fellow Democrats in the ass.
Yes there are some Republicans that hate blacks. But I venture to say there are probably more Democrats that hate blacks than Republicans.
“I have trouble grasping why you people hate America so much.” People like us love America! You and people that think like you are the ones that hate America.
Somebody, somewhere, needs to start the push back on all of this nonsense. Someone needs to be the adult in the room. Are you listening, Rice administrators? That’s you. As Nancy Reagan said, “Just say no.”
This is all Marxist garbage. All Rice needs to do is exactly what Howie has proposed. There won’t be any racist ‘black house,’ no statues are coming down, nothing will change. Personally, I’d move to expel any student demanding a “black house.” They are racists, every one of them, and since racists have no home at Rice, or anywhere else, they need to face the disciplinary committee so they can be sent packing. I’m sure there are plenty of willing applicants to take the spots of the racists and Marxists that get expelled.
If you demand statues be torn down, YOU are the intolerant racist, and YOU should be cancelled….expelled, unable to find a job, etc. You should be ostracized by polite society until you have demonstrated contrition.