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tblue37

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3. Good lord! Look at that insulting mascot! Would Daryll Adams, the African American

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Nov 17, 2013, 07:07 PM

Nov 2013

superintendent, feel comfortable about defending a team called the "Africans" or the "Blackskins," especially if the mascot happened to be the embodiment of one of the most insulting stereotypes thrown up by a racist culture?

I do not understand how people can be so darned oblivious. Sure, it's tradition, but so was segregation, and before that, so were slavery and, in parts of the country, lynching.

Here is the superintendent (Sorry about the size of this image. I don't know how to reduce images! ):

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Calif. high school will keep 'Arabs' nickname [View all] marmar Nov 2013 OP

WTF! Pure bigotry. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #1

"A mascot chosen to show reverence and honor for the customs of prideful Middle Eastern peoples..." uppityperson Nov 2013 #2

"Prideful." Igel Nov 2013 #4

Good lord! Look at that insulting mascot! Would Daryll Adams, the African American tblue37 Nov 2013 #3