U. Nebraska Vice Chancellor: Students’ T-shirts Offensive Due to Native American Imagery
Don’t people ever get tired of being offended by everything?
The College Fix reports.
U. of Nebraska vice-chancellor to students: Your tailgate t-shirts are offensive due to Native American imagery
The University of Nebraska’s vice chancellor for student affairs is not happy about some t-shirts that fans are wearing during football tailgate festivities.
Juan N. Franco says the shirts, which feature the term “Indian Lot” and “an image of a Native dream catcher with beer bottles hanging from it,” are “offensive and insensitive.”
“[T]hey have no place among educated people,” he says.
The logo is an apparent reference to a popular off-campus football tailgating spot, near the Lincoln Indian Center.
These t-shirts, which are not endorsed by or affiliated in any way with the university, step far over the line. They are offensive and insensitive. They needlessly perpetuate the worst and most ignorant of racist stereotypes.
RELATED: Students protest ‘cultural appropriation’ of Native American traditions at Michigan State.
University of Nebraska fans – and especially our students – have a well-earned reputation as being loyal and loud, but also welcoming and inclusive to all. I ask you to consider this when choosing your game-day attire, especially in the case of these t-shirts. I am confident that you understand the responsibility of carrying yourself in a manner that is respectful of others. I am also confident that you recognize that as a student, you have a special role in representing our university and our state, and in showing what being a Husker is all about.
U. of Nebraska vice-chancellor to students: Your tailgate t-shirts are offensive due to Native American imagery (The College Fix)
Comments
I’m surprised that referring to the aboriginal North American natives as Indians is not in an of itself offensive.
Come to think of it, “American” should be offensive, too. Who was this Amerigo Vespucci guy anyway to label whole continents without consulting the inhabitants?