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School Mascots
Here at San Diego State University, after nealy 105 years of being nicknamed "the Aztecs" and having our mascot, Monty Montezuma for another considerable number of years, Mecha and their racist leader Ron Gochez made a big fuss that our mascot is "culturally insensitvie". So we put it to a vote. Overwhelmingly, the students decided to keep the mascot, basically telling Gochez to shut his pie hole. But our Dean, Dr. Weber, who most of the time has his head up his ass, decided to get rid of Monty anyway.
So the next year (2001), they came out with an "ambassador". The guy looked like a huge pineapple, and was ridiculed by the media and alumni and........well, anyone who saw him. So they decided to ditch him.
Now, a private organization has brought back Monty at football games, much to the delight of SDSU fans (myself included). Gochez and Mecha called the organization ignorant.
So, after a 3 yr fiasco which really didn't need to be fought, especially with our school having more important issues that are never addressed, we're basically back to where we started: Monty's here, albeit unofficially (he's not recognized by SDSU), and Mecha is bitching again.
My question is, how do you feel when any organization or person says that a native American mascot is "culturally insensitive"?
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