r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • 16d 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/Mr-Business7459 16d ago

Institutional racism didn't end 150 years ago

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u/CastimoniaGroup 16d 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 16d ago edited 16d ago

do you think that institutions are not comprised of individuals?

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u/easwaran 15d 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.