No More Indian Mascots Allowed? Are they demeaning or empowering?

[gazhekwe]

@Canuck, no one is demanding that legitimate symbols used respectfully be discarded. What is at issue here is demeaning stereotypes and inappropriately used symbols.

@Gistok, go ahead and drink the firewater, no one cares about that since they are not going "woo,woo,woo" and dancing around, nor are they at all anxious to incorporate any drunken Indian stereotypes. Again, at issue here is inappropriately used symbols and negative stereotypes.

I do happen to know what is at stake and the history of this lawsuit, having been on the receiving end of these stereotypes, as well as having spent a good deal of my career at Civil Rights as part of the team working on the issues with various school districts across the state.