Which is just empirically false. I'm not saying people cower in fear. I'm not saying the University punishes certain people for looking a certain way. But when you slap a name of a building, you tell the world, "this person deserves this highest of honor for who they were and what they did." And when racism is the single driving force in someone's life, as it was for his, people feel offended and put off by that.

I don't believe Ben Tillman deserves to be honored on the single most visible building on campus. And there are people who believe it is incredibly offensive to continue giving such an honor to people.

When prospective faculty come to campus and see Tillman Hall, and the Strom Thurmond Institute, that is concerning to them. It is an anachronism that serves no purpose, and further adds to the Universities reputation for being not super duper inclusive to minority groups.