Here is a puzzler for you. The new Warm Springs Casino that just opened earlier this month is called the Indian Head Casino. Hmmmmm . . . Indian Head High School is insulting but Casino is OK.
Excellent point, but you know corporations are people so they can get away with it. Apparently schools are NOT people and are held to a higher standard. Weirdness about.
Awesome! It will be a whole new day for indians. We'll see rapid declines in alcoholism, joblessness and spousal abuse. What's that? We won't? Then what the f*&* did we do this for?
You have not studied lingistics and that is perfectly understandable, so please do not take offense that I explain this to you. Dropping the language of oppression is a BIG step towards re-empowerment. I CELEBRATE that the Indian Nations have fought back to a level of self-empowerment such that they can successfully fight our white privileged co-opting of their archetypes and traditions. As their self confidence rebounds we may well see a drop in alcoholism and spousal abuse. The joblessness front is still lookin' pretty bleak, even for white folk so don't know about that one.
Cowboys and indians have been a part of American culture as long as TV has been around.
People need to get over it. If anything, indians should be proud that their image is being held in such high regard!
indians were here way before the smelly cowboys and tv...
the images depicted were part of a racial stereotype when indians were killed for the land you now call america.
by Craig_Burns May 18, 2012 1:31 PM EDT @keote, Only the strongest and most intelligent, prevail. That's how the entire world works.
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that explains why minorities continue to flourish and prevail over whites..
Well considering the Native American history in this country, they have the right to not want to be mascots from those whose ancestor tried to wipe them off the face of the earth.
We should ban food stamps and other taxpayer paid giveaways for any Indians still on reservations. I am offended by all the "Native American" talk. Their ancestors came from Siberia. Mine came from Europe. They are no more "native" than I am.
haha..indians were here way before europeans, thousands of years before the idiot columbus landed. if anyone should be offended, its the native americans who should be offended by the white-man's ignorance...and you're a prime example.
I always thought a mascot was the Animals like the tiger,bear,Orgeon Duck,Bull dog,Hawk,eagle,Racoon, Golden Gopher or hornytoads. Never would have thought of using a Indian as a Mascot? Whats next no more Dallas Cowboys,because it offends the cows?What a bunch of stupidness,and we spend 86 biilon a year on education and this is what we get? No wonder we are failing on the world graph of education.
Dear BWB, please stop insulting classicists with your misspelling of the motto, "ad absurdum". We might have to ban the use of Latin mottos by those who don't know squat about it.
If I was the schools in question, I would challenge this in a state and federal courts. Seems like a blatant First Amendment violation here to be blunt and final on the matter.
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People need to get over it.
If anything, indians should be proud that their image is being held in such high regard!
the images depicted were part of a racial stereotype when indians were killed for the land you now call america.
@keote, Only the strongest and most intelligent, prevail.
That's how the entire world works.
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that explains why minorities continue to flourish and prevail over whites..
I am offended by all the "Native American" talk. Their ancestors came from Siberia. Mine came from Europe. They are no more "native" than I am.