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In the discussion thread: OK - so when are we going to get rid of mascots that riddicule Native Amercians??? [View all]

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Mon Nov 12, 2012, 12:43 PM

snooper2 (16,882 posts)

37. As much as this ridicules cowboys

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OK - so when are we going to get rid of mascots that riddicule Native Amercians??? [View all]	Taverner	Nov 2012	OP
People in DC will go apeshit.	Flaxbee	Nov 2012	#1
Well yeah - otherwise they'll have a record like the Houston Passenger Pigeons	Taverner	Nov 2012	#2
Several years ago	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#3
We love...	LP2K12	Nov 2012	#36
Exactly!	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#39
as 2 parts American Indian (Cherokee and Creek) it doesn't bother me. You see it as ridicule, I see	Tuesday Afternoon	Nov 2012	#4
The Cleveland Indians logo isn't riddicule?	Taverner	Nov 2012	#8
so many really horrible things going on in this world - I just can not work up the energy to be	Tuesday Afternoon	Nov 2012	#11
I agree that in the grand scheme of things Maslow's heirarchy has to be the guide	Taverner	Nov 2012	#16
tangent, dude.	Tuesday Afternoon	Nov 2012	#20
Agreed 10x over.	Marinedem	Nov 2012	#25
It's their name - and most Native Americans don't like it	Taverner	Nov 2012	#26
This message was self-deleted by its author	Tuesday Afternoon	Nov 2012	#28
As much as this ridicules cowboys	snooper2	Nov 2012	#37
Bingo	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#30
Over 40 years ago, I graduated high school on an Indian Reservation where team name and logo	PufPuf23	Nov 2012	#5
Go, Ducks!!	Blue_In_AK	Nov 2012	#9
UC Santa Cruz are the Banana Slugs but alas are not high in NCAA stature. nt	PufPuf23	Nov 2012	#18
just curious...	Polldancer2012	Nov 2012	#6
Uh yeah...	Tree-Hugger	Nov 2012	#38
When we TAKE THE PROFIT OUT of it	lastlib	Nov 2012	#7
The Cleveland Indians will never change.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#10
Is this a subject regarding which the tribes have actually taken issue. ?	dipsydoodle	Nov 2012	#12
The Seminoles have taken issue-	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#35
Lest anyone try to pick on the Kansas City Chiefs....	lastlib	Nov 2012	#13
I think you need to look up the word "ridicule" because it clearly doesn't mean what you think	Spider Jerusalem	Nov 2012	#14
Ferocity...mmmmkay	Taverner	Nov 2012	#17
Reading comprehension, fail	Spider Jerusalem	Nov 2012	#21
The "intention" of the name is embodied in the racist caricature. That's why the owners	Romulox	Nov 2012	#42
It is a racist practice and should be changed	liberal_at_heart	Nov 2012	#15
Don't even try to tell me	TampaKeeper	Nov 2012	#19
Because the Cleveland Original Peoples just doesn't have the same ring to it. nt	sylvi	Nov 2012	#22
How about Cleveland Indies?	Taverner	Nov 2012	#27
The man who founded the Chicago Blackhawks...	GoCubsGo	Nov 2012	#23
STATEMENT OF U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS ON THE USE OF NATIVE AMERICAN IMAGES AND NICKNAMES	kwassa	Nov 2012	#24
By chance I watched the History Channels show "the Men who built America".	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#29
So, instead, you want to ridicule	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#31
When we get rid of the team that ridicules Scandinavians!	whistler162	Nov 2012	#32
How exactly does the Chicago Blackhawks "ridicule" native americans?	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#33
"Ridicules'? Yeah, right.	B2G	Nov 2012	#34
It is largely racist, imo. Especially Cleveland Indians and Washington Redskins.	Romulox	Nov 2012	#40
do you feel naming military helos is also ridiculing or something different.	loli phabay	Nov 2012	#41

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