GreekChat.com Forums  

Go Back   GreekChat.com Forums > Risk Management - Hazing & etc.
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Risk Management - Hazing & etc. This forum covers Risk Management topics such as: Hazing, Alcohol Abuse/Awareness, Date Rape Awareness, Eating Disorder Prevention, Liability, etc.

» GC Stats
Members: 331,507
Threads: 115,711
Posts: 2,207,648
Welcome to our newest member, zhannhlittleo39
» Online Users: 3,492
0 members and 3,492 guests
No Members online
 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #10  
Old 04-15-2014, 09:15 PM
KDCat KDCat is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Posts: 1,386
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin View Post
Climates didn't necessarily change. We're talking about organized groups deeming things offensive. It's not as if all of the Sioux Tribes got together and had some sort of discussion and decided they all should condemn this name. Nope. Just a few "concerned citizens" and years and years of tradition are out the window.
You are aware that there are Lakota, Dakota and Yanktoni Sioux in ND who have weighed in on this, aren't you? If the Standing Rock Sioux tribal council approved the use of the UND Sioux mascot, the NCAA would have granted UND a waiver. They didn't. Clearly the Standing Rock Sioux don't like it.

When a group of people say "We don't like the way you are using our name" then the polite thing to do is to stop.

The voters of ND agree. UND's mascot was subject to a ballot initiative. The voters of North Dakota voted it out. It wasn't a few concerned citizens. It was a majority (67%) of voters.

I don't like the way Notre Dame uses the Fighting Irish, but it's not really the same. Irish Americans don't have the poverty rates and general dispossession that Native Americans have faced. Irish Americans are currently integrated as fully white and enjoy the privileges that go with being white in America. Meanwhile, Pine Ridge is the poorest place in the US. It's just not the same.

Last edited by KDCat; 04-15-2014 at 09:20 PM.
Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Gamma Phi pride is justified! SWTXBelle Gamma Phi Beta 20 09-26-2025 06:06 AM
Hello from University of Cincinnati's Gamma Phi Beta! :) Christina_UCGPB Introductions 4 12-04-2011 06:03 PM
Missing Student from Univ of North Dakota tfj-1893 Greek Life 202 09-22-2006 09:09 PM
How often are you showing your Phi Sig pride??? SapphireSphinx9 Phi Sigma Sigma 10 02-16-2005 04:54 PM
High school pride versus college pride PandaOnProzac Chit Chat 18 09-03-2002 02:31 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:34 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.