#ChangeTheName campaign #ChangeTheMascot * Nepean Redskins are now the Eagles We now embark on the next phase of our great club with a new name and colours, read the statement posted on NepeanEagles.ca. The Redskins franchise came under fire and was the subject of many debates after local aboriginal deejay Ian Campeau said the name was racist and filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. The team resisted the change initially, but in September relented and agreed to make the switch. The organization said at the time it would cost upwards of $100,000 to re-brand the team. When the issue came up three years ago, we were initially taken off guard, team president Steve Dean told the Sun in an exclusive interview at the time. When you look at the issue and the rationale behind it, its the right decision. Article:sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/sports/archives/2014/01/20140113-074421.html ---- * Indian Mascots, a Privileged Fight By Autumn White Eyes. Today, Savage Media released a video of Preston Wells’ poem entitled “If the Indian Mascot could speak.” It invokes a sense of anger, which I’ve never been able to express. When the owners of these Indian mascots say that they are honoring us—what part of us are they honoring? Because when I look in the mirror I don’t see a man, brown skin, tomahawk and headdress. I see a girl far removed from her homeland, in modern day clothes, with light skin and glasses. Are you honoring the part that is gone? The brown skin that I’ll never have, the land that you took from us, or the buckskin dress that I will never wear because you wear it for me. It’s not me they are honoring; they are honoring themselves for doing such a good job on killing all the Indians. And that’s just what we are—Indians, not Lakota, not Ojibwe—despite what my eight years old nieces might think. I’ll admit it over and over, it’s a privileged fight. And tomorrow when I help shoot this video, my community, 3000 miles away are suffering over the loss of a 15-year-old boy who hung himself last week. Article: lastrealindians/indian-mascots-a-privileged-fight-by-autumn-white-eyes/
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:37:03 +0000
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