‘They are promoting a stereotype’: Illinois schools pushed to retire native mascots – NPR Illinois

John Kane, a member of the Mohawk tribe, radio host and native educator, points out that hundreds of native tribal nations have passed resolutions opposing native mascots. Hundreds of schools have chosen to move away from those mascots. “They recreate the characteristics not because they represent us, but because they want those characteristics to represent them, likening football to some sort of battlefield.”  
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debtsor
2 years ago

Never submit to the communist. Double-down and appropriate even more things that communists consider ‘offensive’. Do it precisely because it drives them crazy.

Lions Choice
2 years ago

WokeTard Cucks — Who Probably Never Played A Sport In Their Life — Are Trying To Cancel Sports Mascots – NPR Illinois

Ex Illini
2 years ago

Just change the school mascot already. Call them the Happy Tadpoles and move on to other issues that actually make a difference.

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