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Originally Posted by gee_ess
Okay, I am going to get flamed for this but I just want to throw out there for all to discuss:
Let the flaming begin...  |
Eh...stop blatantly trying to play devil's advocate, people.
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Most of us aren't shocked about this situation. These things have always happened and are just getting more attention over the past 10 years.
I also dislike it when sports fans dress up in "red face" and wear Native American gear. This is one of the only (if not, the only) group of people that it is found acceptable to openly mock. Yes, it is a mockery rather than an appreciation.
And it doesn't matter if "some Native Americans do it"/"...say it's okay"/"...do rain dances at the football games...." That doesn't make it STRUCTURALLY appropriate just because some INDIVIDUALS condone it (even if they condone it in their silence).