How the HELL is Troy H. Middleton a reminder of a racist past?

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How the HELL is Troy H. Middleton a reminder of a racist past?

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“Though we did not like it, we accepted Negroes as students," Middleton wrote UT chancellor Harry Ransom on Oct. 27 of that year.

"At no time,” the letter continues, “has a Negro occupied a room with a white student. We keep them in a given area and do not permit indiscriminate occupancy."

The letter goes on: "Our Negro students have made no attempt to attend social functions, participate in athletic contests, go in the swimming pool, etc. If they did, we would, for example, discontinue the operation of the swimming pool."

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He was a goddamn hero and a true American.

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“Though we did not like it, we accepted Negroes as students," Middleton wrote UT chancellor Harry Ransom on Oct. 27 of that year.

"At no time,” the letter continues, “has a Negro occupied a room with a white student. We keep them in a given area and do not permit indiscriminate occupancy."

The letter goes on: "Our Negro students have made no attempt to attend social functions, participate in athletic contests, go in the swimming pool, etc. If they did, we would, for example, discontinue the operation of the swimming pool."

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What year was this? I wonder what Edwards relatives and the library board members relatives thought of the subject at the time?

he was a segregationist

Books are like Kryptonite to ...

You cannot truly judge the past on today's ever shifting morality. That takes you down a slippery slope, removes context, and places the concepts of right and wrong at the mercy of the flavor of the month, which can very quickly reverse against you.

If you can't see the many, many potential issues with setting that precedent, congrats: you are the soulless retard drone i am talking about.

Eat shite.

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You cannot truly judge the past on today's ever shifting morality. That takes you down a slippery slope, removes context, and places the concepts of right and wrong at the mercy of the flavor of the month, which can very quickly reverse against you.

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segregation was wrong 60 years agro brah

Odd because:

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Two years after his retirement, Middleton was appointed by Louisiana’s governor, John McKeithen, as chair of the Commission on Human Relations, Rights, and Responsibilities, a biracial panel aimed at keeping the peace following the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. By 1966, the National Conference of Christians and Jews selected Middleton for its annual brotherhood award. That year, the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters awarded Middleton a bronze plaque, honoring him as the Louisianan of the Year for his accomplishments in racial peace-keeping.

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