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Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361
mu_agd:
That's fine that your school has a pleasent symbiotic relationship with the Miami tribe. That is not the case in other parts of the country. My issue from the start was the use of negative stereotypes such as the term Redskins. You can't convince me, or others, that it's ok to use that term. Just because some AfAms use the N-word to refer to each other doesn't mean that i'd ever use it. I'm sure there are other AfAms that are totally offended by that world and never use it either.
Kitso
KS 361
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i never tried to convince you. i tried to give you background information on why Miami originally had used Redskins and did so up until the middle of the 90's when they changed it to the Redhawks. which you then basically went on to say the founders of the school killed and exploited the tribe. it seemed like you were taking this one situation and lumping it in with every other situation, while i was trying to explain how it was different. i was trying to make you see that in a way, Miami's use of the nickname Redskins was different than other schools and teams used terms that are generally associated with Native Americans.