I'll address this point by point but first here's screenshots of your tweets in case you delete them.
https://twitter.com/hyoozuz/status/1454589606905749510?t=PdMtr2EAyNlgEn-fCF1Lcg&s=19
There's nothing vaguely negative about that comment. It was a targeted attack using disgusting stereotypes. You say that was sarcasm but in the next breath dismiss our concerns as something that doesn't actually matter. You can't have it both ways.
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The National Congress of American Indians, the largest organization addressing Native issues, vocally opposes Native mascots. They've passed resolutions about the harmful effects of their stereotypical imagery. They began this campaign in 1968.
ncai.org/proudtobe
The National Congress of American Indians, the largest organization addressing Native issues, vocally opposes Native mascots. They've passed resolutions about the harmful effects of their stereotypical imagery. They began this campaign in 1968.
ncai.org/proudtobe
AIM protest of Atlanta and the chop. Fay Vincent & Stan Kasten were both asked about it and demurred. 1991.
https://twitter.com/TwinsAlmanac/status/1453149695753302021?t=yNPynt6AqovOLhUDP2uWnQ&s=19
Russell Means of AIM and Juanita Helphrey of The Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance. It's about Cleveland but at 5:50 Atlanta is mentioned. In the last minute the chop. 1994.
The Inter-Tribal Council of the 5 Civilized Tribes, which includes the Muscogee Nation on whose ancestral lands Atlanta plays, passed a resolution opposing sports mascots. 2001.
aistm.org/2001.civilized…
aistm.org/2001.civilized…
The opposition isn't new. It's been at least FIFTY THREE YEARS. Society has done such a great job of erasing us as people and replacing us with mascots and stereotypes it made it easy for you to ignore us because we only mattered to you as seventh inning stretch entertainment.
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When you say that without non-Natives keeping us relevant we'd fade into history with our only legacy being alcohol and casinos because we've asked to be treated with the same dignity and humanity as everyone else
When you say that without non-Natives keeping us relevant we'd fade into history with our only legacy being alcohol and casinos because we've asked to be treated with the same dignity and humanity as everyone else
I am under no obligation to be respectful about anything about or important to you.
That's not hypocrisy. That's you earning the response you got.
That's not hypocrisy. That's you earning the response you got.
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