Friday, October 9, 2009
Native American mascots
After class today i still feel that mascots of Native Americans are fine. Yeah it might offend them because they feel that they are being mocked. The mascots have nothing to do with American Indian culture or religion they are a mascot of a team. A mascot is a person or animal that is adopted by a team as a symbolic figure. Just because the symbol is an Indian doesn't mean were making fun of there heritage it has nothing to do with that. Another thing is that if i protested everything that offended me i would be protesting everyday and you don't see me doing that. Lifes tough they need to learn how to deal with it. Another thing is everyday David Letterman and other people that run night shows make fun of our presidents and make a mockery of them. But you don't see president Obama, Bush or Clinton protesting that Letterman should have to change his jokes because they offend them.
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I completely agree that people need to learn to be a little thicker skinned. However I also believe that people in powerful positions need to be more prepared to handle criticism than "normal" people. However I still do not know what to think about the Native American mascot issue. However, if things were going to change it would take a massive overhaul of society, and I simply do not see that happening in the near future.
ReplyDeleteTrue you don't get to complain. But what you speaking of doesn't make a whole lot of sence. Freedom of speech is different than harrasment or discrimination. Again this is all being done by public universities who defintily shoudl be representing our culture in the most PC way as possible. A good argument might be if the UI made of of Obahma in their comercials etc. but then again they don't becasue it is wrong.
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