Gamma Phi Beta University of North Dakota Punished for Showing School Pride

[Kevin]

In a perfect world, the sorority would turn around and "condemn" the school for its craven stance. Do individuals of nordic origin condemn the Minnesota Vikings? Do steel workers condemn the Steelers? Do cattlemen condemn the Dallas Cowboys? Do Texans condemn the Houston Texans? The Seattle Seahawk logo is clearly an Indian design or borrowed from northwestern Indian tribal art. Notre Dame's depiction of their mascot, "Clancy" is at least as bad as Oklahoma's former Little Red mascot.

Suddenly turning around and deeming things offensive because some thin-skinned individuals are offended doesn't mean the rest of us have to care about their feelings.

The NCAA's position has been ridiculous from the beginning.

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by Kevin

In a perfect world, the sorority would turn around and "condemn" the school for its craven stance. Do individuals of nordic origin condemn the Minnesota Vikings? Do steel workers condemn the Steelers? Do cattlemen condemn the Dallas Cowboys? Do Texans condemn the Houston Texans? The Seattle Seahawk logo is clearly an Indian design or borrowed from northwestern Indian tribal art. Notre Dame's depiction of their mascot, "Clancy" is at least as bad as Oklahoma's former Little Red mascot.

Suddenly turning around and deeming things offensive because some thin-skinned individuals are offended doesn't mean the rest of us have to care about their feelings.

The NCAA's position has been ridiculous from the beginning.

You're comparing working professions (e.g. steelworkers) to a race of people. No.

And it's not just the NCAA taking this position. Have you not seen the press about the Cleveland Indians lately?

http://www.freep.com/article/2014040...-wahoo-protest

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by pshsx1

You're comparing working professions (e.g. steelworkers) to a race of people. No.

And it's not just the NCAA taking this position. Have you not seen the press about the Cleveland Indians lately?

http://www.freep.com/article/2014040...-wahoo-protest

To say nothing about the uproar that seems to be following around the Washington Redskins everywhere they go. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...9e1_story.html

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by pshsx1

You're comparing working professions (e.g. steelworkers) to a race of people. No.

The Sioux isn't a race. It's a tribe or rather a collection of tribes with similar culture.

And it's not as if that was the only example I gave.

Where are the aggrieved Scandinavians?

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by Kevin

The Sioux isn't a race. It's a tribe or rather a collection of tribes with similar culture.

And it's not as if that was the only example I gave.

Where are the aggrieved Scandinavians?

Where are the hundreds of years of systematic discrimination and denial of opportunity against the Scandinavians? Where are the Scandinavian reservations provided by the government where the rates of alcoholism, drug abuse, and poverty are sky-high? Could the Scandinavians somehow better their lives if people stopped using racist caricatures of them as sporting mascots?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

Where are the hundreds of years of systematic discrimination and denial of opportunity against the Scandinavians? Where are the Scandinavian reservations provided by the government where the rates of alcoholism, drug abuse, and poverty are sky-high? Could the Scandinavians somehow better their lives if people stopped using racist caricatures of them as sporting mascots?

Oh, you have to have been discriminated against to deserve deference? NEW RULE.

So we have Notre Dame's mascot the drunken' fightin' Mick. No one cares.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Kevin

The Sioux isn't a race. It's a tribe or rather a collection of tribes with similar culture.

And it's not as if that was the only example I gave.

Where are the aggrieved Scandinavians?

What is your point? Any group that opposes a mascot in its name has a right to oppose. As always, your white male privilege believes you need to agree and sign off on everything in order for it to be legitimate and substantiated.