[NU Sports] No more Sweet Sioux Tomahawk

[Evan Bradley]

I was going to let this entire conversation go without joining in, but
this has passed the point of absurdity.

The reason no one objects to the Sooners, Irish, etc. are because they
don't represent downtrodden minorities (that wasn't always so for the
Irish, but I digress...), and because the imagery and the groups using
it are both members of the majority culture.  It shouldn't be
surprising that some Native Americans might object to Anglo Americans
using elements of their culture (perhaps inaccurately) to 'honor' the
heritage of peoples who were removed from their state to make way for
'real' Americans.  I'm sure a few of you would take offense to a
mostly-white school calling their team the Negroes or the Japs, or a
HBCU the Whiteys or the Jews.

Of course, not all Native Americans were benevolent, helpless victims;
of course, some groups might not mind their culture being used by
teams; of course, books shouldn't be banned; my point is that it seems
to me that those who complain most vociferously about how 'Policial
Correctness' is cramping *their* style simply don't recognize their
own privilege - privilege which gives them the ability to demand that
they get to put their enjoyment of some silly sports mascot above
another's culture and be taken seriously.  I know it's hard, but try
taking someone else's perspective once in a while.

rant off

go 'cats

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Randy Wilson <randy at 1702.org> wrote:
> Why did the Lakota have to move?
> -Randy
>
> Dennis W. Brandt wrote:
>>> Interesting note, the "Sooners" were folk who were cheating to claim
>>> land previously given to the Indians after they were kicked off of their
>>> own land.
>>> -Randy
>>
>> And the Lakota Sioux lived where they did because in the early 19th
>> century, they drove off at least sixteen other tribes and took their
>> land.  You can reduce anything to absurdity by viewing it
>> anachronistically.
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