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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
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. |
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This distinction is unimportant.
There have always been offensive images targeting blacks that not every black person finds offensive or gives a darn enough to speak out against. As long as there's more than one person who feels a certain way, there's a reason to speak out and they are within their right to say that "we" are offended. "We," to everyone with common sense, means that it is potentially degrading in general even if every PERSON within that group doesn't feel offended or doesn't agree that it should be addressed.
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None of this means that a group of girls playing Indian dress up at a college party should get in trouble. If that offends people, tough.