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Originally posted by DZGirl
We talked about this issue in one of my sociology classes. At the University of Illinois, there was a major ordeal when a Native American student wanted the university to stop using "Chief Illiniwek" as their mascot because she felt it was offensive and sent out the wrong message about her heritage, etc. Eventually, they stopped using it I believe.
I agree though, team names such as this can be quite offensive even if those affiliated or represented by it do not mean it to be. Sometimes we need to take a step back and think about how we would feel if it were our heritage being "mocked" because in a sense, that is what is happening here even though some may not see it as a big deal.
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I might be kind of slow....but I skimmed the thread and didn't see anyone correct this...
We also talked about this in my Cross cultural journalism class- they just ruled to KEEP Chief Illiniwek for now.
Apparently as big of an issue as this is these days, there are still plenty of people willing to keep traditions going.
By the way, the Fighting Quakers or whatever the hell that is is the most AWESOME mascot I have ever heard of
That's like the Brawling Amish or some shit
