jbouie
there is without question a vocal group of UVA alumni who are essentially still mad that the university is integrated https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/23/us/uva-diversity-board-bert-ellis.html
At U.Va., an Alumnus Attacked D.E.I. Programs. Now, He Is on the Board.

As D.E.I. programs come under attack, a plan at the University of Virginia for “more diversity, less Confederacy” enraged some alumni, who started organizing against it.

The New York Times
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Show threadBen LopatinApr 23, 2023
@jbouie I’ve seen enough cranky letters in the alumni magazine from 60’s era grads that I believe this on its face without reading the article. Nothing specific comes to mind but a strong whiff of “the good ol days, in the before times”
Show threadGreg BrownApr 23, 2023
@jbouie the people they’re getting mad at are even hiding Jefferson’s slave-ownership and rape behind a QR code!
Show threadGoblincore KatieApr 23, 2023
@jbouie I've often thought that organizations create DEI offices precisely to make it look like they're Doing A Thing. They tend to be so milquetoast. It's bizarre to see them attacked as big, scary wokemonsters.
Show threadTony ScidaApr 23, 2023
@jbouie hope students boycott his restaurant
Show threadBrayingBoozehoundApr 23, 2023
@jbouie Ever since Governor Vest rode to power on "parent's rights" it's been clear to me that the children of Massive Resistance, indoctrinated when young on United Daughters of the Confederacy curriculum, are in a blind rage that that indoctrination is now being challenged and their kids might find out that their relatives endorsed closing public schools rather than integrating and that portrait of Robert E. Lee hanging in their house signifies a lot of very ugly things.
Show threadMcNeelyApr 23, 2023
@jbouie didn't even need a picture to know who the main focus of this story was...
Show threadLove4ALLJul 1, 2023
@jbouie Well, lots of those legacy folks got in in the first place because of their roots in the antebellum south, no? Generations of money and power have only grown over this last couple of centuries, for the most part I'm sure, and I doubt that many have divorced themselves from their oppressive attitudes and behaviors. If one doesn't choose to connect with one's conscience, then continuing that power is priority #1, looks to me.