Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Campaign aims to get Manitoba school team to change name
If they think that a team named the Mohawks and a mascot that's a cartoon carciature of a Mohawk is offensive, then I wonder what they'd think of my highschool's team name, The Redmen. It doesn't strike me the least bit coincidental that the school had consistent problems with racism. I say had because now the majority of Native students who went there or would have went there attend a high school on their reserve (Eskasoni). Oh I'm sure there's still racism at Riverview, but there won't be walkouts anymore where white students upset over another student's suspension (he had written quite a few racial slurs on a desk and then uttered them when native students confronted him) yell out, on camera no less, "White Power!" There won't be anymore instances at dances where Native students and Redmen hockey players fight in the middle of the gymnasium. There won't be anymore fights in the front of the school at 9:30 in morning where the majority of students are either partaking or watching and noone is in class.
There won't be any of this, but there'll still be racism.
If they think that a team named the Mohawks and a mascot that's a cartoon carciature of a Mohawk is offensive, then I wonder what they'd think of my highschool's team name, The Redmen. It doesn't strike me the least bit coincidental that the school had consistent problems with racism. I say had because now the majority of Native students who went there or would have went there attend a high school on their reserve (Eskasoni). Oh I'm sure there's still racism at Riverview, but there won't be walkouts anymore where white students upset over another student's suspension (he had written quite a few racial slurs on a desk and then uttered them when native students confronted him) yell out, on camera no less, "White Power!" There won't be anymore instances at dances where Native students and Redmen hockey players fight in the middle of the gymnasium. There won't be anymore fights in the front of the school at 9:30 in morning where the majority of students are either partaking or watching and noone is in class.
There won't be any of this, but there'll still be racism.
# posted by Die Brucke @ 10:45 PM 
