{"id":63069,"date":"2023-02-16T07:16:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com\/?p=63069"},"modified":"2023-02-16T07:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:16:46","slug":"texas-news-another-dead-white-male-erased-rice-universitys-founder-will-have-statue-and-ashes-removed-because-he-owned-slaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/texas-news-another-dead-white-male-erased-rice-universitys-founder-will-have-statue-and-ashes-removed-because-he-owned-slaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas News: Another Dead White Male Erased, Rice University&#8217;s Founder Will Have Statue And Ashes Removed Because He Owned Slaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63072\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/rice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/sbpdl\/another-dead-white-male-erased-rice-universitys-founder-will-have-statue-and-ashes-removed-because-he-was-an-enslaver\/\">Another Dead White Male Erased: Rice University&#8217;s Founder Will Have Statue And Ashes Removed Because He Owned Slaves<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><em>HOUSTON \u2014 Rice University has announced plans to redesign its Academic Quadrangle. The announcement was made Monday and work is expected to begin this fall. Renderings are expected to be released this spring. Rice held an invitational competition last summer to determine the design partner to help with the design plans. The \u201cinternationally renowned landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz\u201d was chosen to lead the project, Rice said in a release.<\/em><\/h2>\n<h2><em>The university\u2019s Board of Trustees picked NBW\u2019s plan, which it said: \u201caligns with aspirations to enrich student experience, foster inclusivity and celebrate Rice\u2019s evolution and values while respectfully recognizing the founding gift of William Marsh Rice.\u201d The Quadrangle The centerpiece at the Rice University Academic Quadrangle, which is flanked by Lovett Hall and Fondren Library, is the Founder\u2019s Memorial.<\/em><\/h2>\n<h2><em>The Quadrangle has been the site of commencement ceremonies, among other things. \u201cThe need to recontextualize the Academic Quadrangle became apparent during several years of conversations regarding its focal point, the Founder\u2019s Memorial, given the founder\u2019s history as an owner of enslaved people,\u201d the university said in a release.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Just to be clear, since the article did not name him, the founder of Rice University is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagesociety.org\/william-marsh-rice\">William Marsh Rice<\/a>, an outstanding Yankee transplant white man who came from very humble beginnings to become one of Texas&#8217; Wealthiest Men.<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62757\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/confed-finger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"407\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50007\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/01\/texas_flag-texas-stateflags.jpg?w=620\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Dead White Male Erased: Rice University&#8217;s Founder Will Have Statue And Ashes Removed Because He Owned Slaves &nbsp; HOUSTON \u2014 Rice University has announced plans to redesign its Academic Quadrangle. The announcement was made Monday and work is expected to begin this fall. Renderings are expected to be released this spring. 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