Publicado: Jan 30, 2008
Por: CreateABetterWorld
Duracion: 2:24
"AMERICAN INDIANS ARE PEOPLE, NOT MASCOTS Charlene Teters, Spokane On the verge of the millenium, Indian people are still involved in what Michael Haney has described as the longest undeclared war against the American Indian, here in our own homeland. This war, no longer on battlefields is now being fought in the courtrooms, corporation boardrooms, and classrooms over the appropriation of Native American names, spiritual and cultural symbols by professional sports, Hollywood, schools, and universities. The issue for us is the right to self identification and self determination this is the fight of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media. The American Indian community for 50 years has worked to banish images and names like Cleveland's chief wahoo, Washington redskins, Kansas City chiefs, Atlanta braves. We work to remind people of consciousness of the use of the symbols resemblance to other historic, racist images of the past. Chief wahoo offends Indian people the same way that little black sambo offended African Americans and the frito bandito offended the Hispanic community and should have offended all of us. It assaults the principle of justice. Last year during the media hype that surrounded the baseball playoff games between New York and Cleveland, the New York Post caught up in the hype covered its front page with the headline, "Take the Tribe and Scalp 'Em." Little concern was shown for the Indian children, or community living in New York City, or around the country. The American public has been conditioned by sports industry, educational institutions, and the media to trivialize Indigenous culture as common and harmless entertainment. On high school and college campuses Native American students do not feel welcome if the school uses as its mascot (not a clown, a mythical creature, or an animal) a Chief, the highest political position you can attain in our society. Using our names, likeness and religious symbols to excite the crowd does not feel like honor or respect, it is hurtful and confusing to our young people. To reduce the victims of genocide to a mascot is unthinking, at least, and immoral at worst. An educational institution's mission is to educate, not mis-educate, and to alleviate the ignorance behind racist stereotypes, not perpetuate them and to provide a nondiscriminatory environment for all its students, conducive to learning. Student leadership has played a significant role in bringing the mascot issue forward. In the 1970's students at Stanford and Dartmouth were successful in changing the athletic identity from Indians to a race-neutral name and symbol. Since 1988, the student-led struggle to retire the dancing Indian mascot/symbol at the University of Illinois continues with little chance of change against an arrogant and entrenched governor-appointed Board of Trustees. Still, in recent years, significant contributions to this movement to eradicate racist mascots have been made. At least six Universities have changed their names, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted to ban Indian images and names. In schools across the country the mascot issues is being debated and these debates are being led by young Native people finding a new found pride in reclaiming themselves." http://www.aimovement.org/ncrsm/index.html ****************** FREE MUMIA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS! http://FreeMumia.com ******************
Canal: News
Tags: churchill colonialism columbus day happy human imperialism leonard mascot peltier racism rights thanksgiving ward
Calificacion: 4.69 (131 votos) Reproducciones: 14135' favoriteCount='210 Comentarios: 25
Badwolf182 Escribio:
Nov 6, 2008 - bigb Here I am! Now what are your other two wishes? BACK OFF BITCH - U R TRESSPASSING! BTW U SPEAK JIBBERISH - personally I LOVE ANYONE WHO HATES U.
Badwolf182 Escribio:
Nov 6, 2008 - LOL bigb it is YOU who IS a puppet since u have hands up ur ass. anyway ALL i do is say fetch and u come running. I laugh everytime u bite...doesnt take much U lonely pathetic racist cross dressing ho. hahahahahahahahah
Badwolf182 Escribio:
Nov 6, 2008 - your only alive coz its illigal to shoot some ppl. hey u filthy cross dressing cop - i hope some one gives it to ya right in the face - perhaps mumia. U cops r nothing BUT criminals - ALL of ya. power hungry little shits. WHOSE the puppet now. since u 'work' for the govt. u r their puppets. we know ur a cop bigb.
Badwolf182 Escribio:
Nov 6, 2008 - BAD COP NO DONUT
Badwolf182 Escribio:
Nov 6, 2008 - HA call me puppet all u like ;) coz I AM pulling ur strings hun LOL LOL LOL - u too stupid to realise
Badwolf182 Escribio:
Nov 6, 2008 - here doggie now roll over now fetch
Badwolf182 Escribio:
Nov 7, 2008 - bigb watch it...ur talking to ur master Master - pulling ur strings (followed by a wicked laugh)
cutegual Escribio:
Nov 7, 2008 - It is very sad !
Badwolf182 Escribio:
Nov 8, 2008 - bigb SHHHHh I am TRYING to imagine u with a personality
Badwolf182 Escribio:
Nov 8, 2008 - THATS HOW good my imagination is ;)
S4disticJ0k3r Escribio:
Nov 16, 2008 - NO! thank you for putting us in our place IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL WITH ALL THE HERETICS!!! This should have been a pleasurable nesscesity. So SHOVE THAT UP UR ASS U FAITHLESS INVIDEL PIECE OF SHIT AND MAY UR SOUL BE DEVOURED BY SATAN HIMSELF!!!
IW2GIN Escribio:
Nov 18, 2008 - Learn how to type you dipshit.
clinteastwoodcowb0y Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - "Indians are people, not mascots." Yes, very true, but so are the Buccaneers, Celtics, Vikings, Cowboys etc. You don't hear people of Scandinavian decent complaining about the VIkings being used or people with British, Irish and Scottish decent complaining about the Celtics.
clinteastwoodcowb0y Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - I wish we could have a holiday without someone complaining about something. I suppose this is what diversity is.
13anjowizard Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - this dude isnt even indian, hes a death row inmate, i would imagine he doesnt have much use for thanksgiving.
clinteastwoodcowb0y Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - He probably gets powdered turkey just needs to add water. I get so tired of people trying to tear down holidays. If it's not this it's that. Cant's say Merry Christimas without someone getting pissed off. Same with Columbus day and Thanksgiving and who knows how many other holidays.
wonderfulskirt Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - "You don't hear people of Scandinavian decent complaining about the VIkings being used or people with British, Irish and Scottish decent complaining about the Celtics." scandinavians, brits, irish and scottish didnt have their lands stolen by foreigners.
clinteastwoodcowb0y Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - Sure they did. You ever hear of the Romans? Romans counquered all of Great Britain and inhabitated it. But that's besides the point. We're talking about mascots. What's the deal?
wonderfulskirt Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - I hope yanks realize where they live. they call it their land, while it was stolen. they dont like if someone isnt speaking english, while there were already other languages in north america before english. I feel sad for the natives. they live in some reservations. its like putting animals in national parks. now their land is polluted with plastic, old metal, arabians trying to destroy their land. its horrible. those damn europeans should stay in europe, not looking for free land. pussies.
wonderfulskirt Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - and I dont think they should be called indians. its confusing with asian indians. columbus thought he was in india. how on earth? not very clever to realize that the natives didnt eat curry
wonderfulskirt Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - what is the deal with mascots? no wonder this world is suffering if the superpower isnt using brains. fine, romans invaded and the roman empire failed and now its england again. is there a large roman majority in uk today using celtic or irish symbols used as mascots
clinteastwoodcowb0y Escribio:
Nov 19, 2008 - If there was they wouldn't be bitching about it. Scandinavian people aren't whining about the Vikings. If anything I would think they'd be proud since the teams having chosen their names shows respect for that group. You don't see people picking names like the rats or the bums or the slaves to represent their team names because it's not the image the team wishes to portray. The teams use Native American names and such since it wishes to bring out positive attributes. They should be flattered.
qwestknowledgeeno Escribio:
Nov 20, 2008 - i totaly agree 100,people dont even know the real reason why they are called indians
bigb5949 Escribio:
Nov 20, 2008 - yep, and we imperialists are good at what we do...
bfmv4321 Escribio:
Nov 5, 2008 - fuck you you shit head bigb yourt not smatrt you can go suck rush ligbobs dick you ,fdskfuck you you you suck fsdkjv man Im preety shit faced lolooldsflolloyj