Hawaiians Sign Petition Against Dodge Kahuna - General Tiki

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Fri, Feb 6, 2004 2:58 PM On 2004-02-06 12:02, Sneakytiki wrote:The fighting Illini of Illinois have as their mascot a white kid who puts on red face and fake Indian regalia and does a fake Indian dance while making war whoops and swinging a tomahawk. The dance was listed as authentic in their brochure until a couple of years ago. When Indians asked the university to cease this shameful behavior they replied that they were honoring and continuing the natives culture. Football teams and fans ignorant and insensitive? Not a big surprise to me. Here in Oakland we have the largest group of barbarians in the world - they're called Raider fans.

*On 2004-02-06 12:02, Sneakytiki wrote:*The fighting Illini of Illinois have as their mascot a white kid who puts on red face and fake Indian regalia and does a fake Indian dance while making war whoops and swinging a tomahawk. The dance was listed as authentic in their brochure until a couple of years ago. When Indians asked the university to cease this shameful behavior they replied that they were honoring and continuing the natives culture.

Football teams and fans ignorant and insensitive? Not a big surprise to me. Here in Oakland we have the largest group of barbarians in the world - they're called Raider fans.

Post #74886 by thejab on Fri, Feb 6, 2004 2:58 PM