Tuesday, September 16, 2008
in class video
Towards the end of the video we watched in class I was really surprised with one thing in particular. I could not believe that many of the alumnae were saying that they didn't want to continue giving money to the school if the "Indian"mascot was removed. I thought that this was kind of immature of the alumnae members to be this harsh about it and stop providing funds and scholarships to the college if the mascot was changed. Today it is very important not to offend anyone of a different race, religion, or ethnicity and since the mascot did offend the Native Americans I think it needed to be removed right away. The certain alumnae members who were so strung up on the mascot need to realize that times are changing and we as a society are being more aware of treating everyone as equals. I thought some of the posters that the Native Americans protested with were very good points.. such as the ones that had other words that were not nice about other religions or ethnicities. I thought the video was very eye opening and I enjoyed it.
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I agree when you say that this movie we viewed in class was very eye opening. I didn't realize how discriminatory it was to have Indian mascots or team names. Putting myself in their shoes while watching this movie was very hurtful. Seeing what the fans had to say over this subject matter was very immature, you are right. It's disappointing that some people can be so stereotypical & do not even realize how degrading it is to one's culture, race, religion, etc.
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