BARACK OBAMA: COMMIT TO THE NEGRO UPDATE
Posted on February 14, 2008 - Filed Under Political |
It has been just over 10 days since Honor Indians Institute suggested “Commit to the Negro” as an alternative to Chicago Blackhawk’s motto of “Commit to the Indian.” Since then, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton as the frontrunner for the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. Coincidence? We think not. Here in
The “Commit to the Negro” wave that has swept the country has some in the Hillary camp in panic mode. So much so that they are digging in deep and reaching for the race card, well actually they did that in
Case in point, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, a Hillary supporter, recently said that some white voters in his state would not vote for Barack because he is black. Governor Rendell said, “You’ve got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate…”
We are certainly not offering an endorsement of Barack Obama. However, we believe that he ought to be judged on his political philosophy and character, NOT his race.
To assist those “whites” in
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I understand that Native Americans take offense to some of the outstanding Indian based mascots. However, in making goofy cartoon looking mascots that bash on other races isn’t really helping their cause. In fact, name one good thing that’s come about from other portrayals of racism and discrimination. I think Native Americans can voice their opinions, values, and customers in more admirable ways. They can educate the founders of the original mascots and institutions/sports teams that still use them by explaining why they come across as offensive. You are correct in assuming that the average person doesn’t know what a headdress and other symbolic Indian tools are, but one must take their efforts a step further and depict why. Take for example the Millard South incident. The students weren’t really informed as to why their mascot was so offensive before the school board decided to change it. If I were a student that had spent my entire high school career acknowledging the Indian headdress I’d be upset as to why it all of a sudden has to be changed. Honestly, how many years had the school gone with the Indian headdress as their mascot before Native Americans decided to complain?
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Michelle Duncan
This infuriates me
Alex, tell us WHY this infuriates you! We want to know.
H.I.I.
The reason why the are making this towards other races is because people dont get it. People dont understand how these mascots demean the Native Americans. It never seems that other races get looked over. Right when this article on the website was published people started to complain. Why does it matter that there mascot was changed is was demeaning to the Native Americans in ways that people wouldnt understand. So dont make this a big deal, its just to help people understand how the feel towards these mascots and phrases like “Commit to the Indian”
I am in Cathi Warren’s Introduction to Native American Studies class and I agree that race should not play a role in how one chooses to vote and I hope that people don’t decide to vote for or against Barack O’bama because of his color. However, I really haven’t noticed much of an issue with this during the election nominations. I think that possibly Hilary Clinton is receiving more gruff for being a women, than O’bama is receiving for being African-American. Neither candidates are “typical,” and neither should be viewed any differently for their “uniqueness.”