Dartmouth Greek System Bans Indian Head from Public Display
Has anyone asked Elizabeth Warren for comment on this?
The College Fix reports.
‘Cultural appropriation’: Dartmouth Greek system bans Indian head from public display
On Monday, Dartmouth’s Greek Leadership Council passed a new rule which forbids Greek houses from displaying the Dartmouth Indian head.
Dartmouth’s frats and sororities are already banned from “engaging in acts of cultural appropriation,” The Dartmouth reports. For some reason, they saw a need for a new decree regarding the Indian head specifically.
“Parties who see the Dartmouth Indian on display at a Greek house, or those who otherwise feel Greek houses are engaging in cultural appropriation, can make a complaint to the Greek Board on Accountability,” GBA chair Taylor Watson ’16 said.
“Houses found in violation of the new rule by the GBA will be required to pay a fine, the monies of which will be given to an organization or event agreed upon by the GBA and offended party or individual.”
The new rules apply to organizational, public displays of the Dartmouth Indian head, Watson said, not to individuals who choose to display the symbol. For example, an individual in a Greek house who chooses to wear a shirt displaying the Dartmouth Indian has a free speech right to wear that shirt, but if that shirt also encourages students to rush that house, it would be considered a violation, he said. Similarly, those who live in Greek houses can choose to decorate their own rooms as they wish, but the house cannot make public displays showing the Dartmouth Indian, such as a pong table.
‘Cultural appropriation’: Dartmouth Greek system bans Indian head from public display (The College Fix)