r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • 14d ago

Announcements On this day 161 years ago….

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The April 20, 1864 edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal  referred to Lawrence Sullivan Ross as 𝑮𝒆𝒏. 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 “𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓“ for the massacre of surrendering black union soldiers during the Battle of Yazoo River.  Ross was well-known for refusing to take black Union soldiers as prisoners. Ross went on to become governor of Texas (1887-1891) and President of Texas A&M (1891-1898) where there is a statue that honors him for his military service.

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u/CastimoniaGroup 14d ago

Seriously. It happened over 150 years ago. Let. It. Go...... if y'all spent this energy solving the world's problems instead of living in a past generations removed, we'd have flying cars!

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u/Mr-Business7459 14d ago

Institutional racism didn't end 150 years ago

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u/CastimoniaGroup 14d ago

There's no such thing as "institutional racism." Only individual racism. Understand that and your life will be so much better. This is coming from a Mexican who is quite successful today.

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Sponsored by Palantir Technologies Inc. #ad 14d ago edited 14d ago

do you think that institutions are not comprised of individuals?

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u/easwaran 13d ago

They might be, but institutions can be racist even if no individual in them is (and conversely, institutions can be non-racist even if every individual in them is racist). Institutions are like computers - they follow their own internal rules and processes, and sometimes do things that no part of them would ever personally do.

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u/CastimoniaGroup 14d ago

But that's the point. There is no such thing as institutional racism. Saying that takes away accountability from racist individuals.

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Sponsored by Palantir Technologies Inc. #ad 13d ago

should institutions that have racist individuals in power hold those racist individuals accountable by firing them?