http://www.freep.com/article/2013020...text|FRONTPAGE
Michigan Civil Rights Commission is asking the Feds to ban the use of all Indian mascots as demeaning to Native American children.
Not sure i am buying their argument. Do archetypal images reflect reality or a stylized fantasy? Personally, I have never felt demeaned by Thor throwing around his hammer, never felt demeaned by Elmer Fudd although I do have a follicular deficiency and I stutter on occasion.
Being of Tuetonic Origin, many images which reflect a cultural archetype, a stereotype if you will, and some are not complimentary. Vikings in particular are depicted as a rapacious lot of genocidal fiends. Long boats cruising around, waxing their long mustaches, raping and pillaging ...
So, what say you? Are Braves brave?
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