Wednesday, October 7, 2009
In Whose Honor?
After viewing a brief portion of the documentary "In Whose Honor," I am torn on who I agree with about Native Americans being a Mascot for sports teams specifically the Illini. I see where Charlene Teters is coming from where the University of Illinois should not mock or disrespect the Native American culture, but from what I saw in the documentary the University has a good grasp on the traditions of the Native Americans. It is considered a prestigious honor in you are selected to be Chief Illini. I really don't see it as disrespectful to the Native American Culture if represents what the school stands for which is tradition. The only thing I can see that the University may need to address is that the Mascot not mock in any such way that depicts negative image of Native Americans.
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I agree with this. They should not mock the Native American Culture in any way. But in this situation they are not making fun of anyone. More than anything they are honoring so know one should be pissed about mocking.
ReplyDeleteI don't really know if the mascot is honoring the Native Americans or not, but he is most certainly not putting them in a negative light.
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