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10-22-2007, 08:34 AM
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10-22-2007, 09:20 AM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
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This topic was an article in the globe a few weeks back -
"a member of the Cleveland organization asked him(Jacoby) about the logo when the team was thinking of drafting the Oregon State product in the first round two years ago.
"They asked me if I would be offended or anything like that if they had taken me," said the quiet Ellsbury, a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes. "I said it was fine, but I thought that was nice on their part."
http://www.boston.com/sports/basebal...hief_concerns/ |
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10-22-2007, 10:34 AM
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Captain Pete
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This topic gets way out of line. The town I grew up in, our high school was the Blue Devils. There was a movement at the time to get the name changed. The feeling was the blue devil name was the cause for all the horrible motor vehicle deaths that were occuring back then. ( It had nothing to do with driving under the influence)
The proposed name change would have been the pink angels.
I think the way the teams has been playing recently, pink angels may suit them just fine.
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10-22-2007, 11:54 AM
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Night Stalker
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I can see how the logo could be taken as racist.
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10-22-2007, 12:14 PM
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i think its pretty racist.
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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10-22-2007, 04:41 PM
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Those PC folks are just trying to sweep the Native peoples under the rug altogether. Keep them unseen and forgotten. I think that teams that remember these people in their mascots are actually doing them a service by tribute. Really, how often would we utter the word Indian or Brave or Redskin or Chief without these teams? Next to never.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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10-22-2007, 05:16 PM
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What was that!?!
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Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake
Those PC folks are just trying to sweep the Native peoples under the rug altogether. Keep them unseen and forgotten. I think that teams that remember these people in their mascots are actually doing them a service by tribute. Really, how often would we utter the word Indian or Brave or Redskin or Chief without these teams? Next to never.
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ok, is that sarcasm?? i really can't tell.
here's a good article written by an native indian / native american
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmterms.html |
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