Elston Turner Arena

Think about it. For UK, this is akin/equivalent to asking us to get rid of Sully. I'm not drawing a bigotry comparison here because I don't see any evidence of LSR as bigoted, just pointing out that Rupp is THE central figure of the cornerstone of UK's basketball foundation and identity.

Somebody, somewhere is going to have to start drawing a line in the sand over this cancel culture. Every single historical figure/icon everywhere on the planet was human, and therefore had flaws. You don't get rid of the icons because of their flaws. They were memorialized because of the accomplishments they brought. Nobody is even attempting to highlight these people's flaws and/or shortcomings as some kind of positive, or as some kind of weapon to continue to oppress anyone today.

Getting rid of historical icons does nothing positive for people living with/around their memorials. Do the Jews want to burn down Dachau or Auschwitz because of what happened there? Quite the opposite. They are living touchstones to bad parts of history, and they serve to keep alive and real the idea of how bad it was to people who are generationally separated from when it happened.

I don't really have a hot take on Rupp Arena because I don't know any of the history and facts, but there's a massive difference between a name on a basketball arena and a living reminder of a genocide.

If the German national team had to play in Hitler Arena then maybe that would be a good analogy.