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Originally Posted by macallan25
Personally I'd feel honored.
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Your "personally" doesn't really matter, though.
No other racial and ethnic minority group would feel honored if there were caricatures of them. The "red sambo" mascot from the Washington Redskins would've been axed from the jump.
http://www.aics.org/mascot/mascot.html
http://www.bluecorncomics.com/wahoo.htm
Some mascots and "tributes" are perceived as less offensive because Native Americans actually participate in them directly. However, only until Native Americans
actually feel honored instead of mocked by their representation can anyone legitimately say they
should feel honored.