I Protest Political Correctness

Posted By Blackfive

No, not immigration ('cause I still can't get my head around the irony of why people, who come to this country to work, are protesting by not working...).  Later, I might go check out the protest here in Chicago.  And what's up with the gay rainbow flags in the crowds?  Did you arrive from the Sovereign Kingdom of Gay?  Sorry, wrong topic.

Anyway, I'm actually here to rant about the bull@#$% ruling by the NCAA about my own University of Illinois's mascot Chief Illiniwek - a symbol of a brave and courageous warrior.

NCAA ban on Chief 'final'
Illinois must retire its Indian mascot or lose opportunity to host any postseason events
By Neil Milbert
Tribune staff reporter
April 28, 2006, 10:28 PM CDT

The resounding ovation that Chief Illiniwek received from the capacity crowd when he concluded his dance and strode off the Assembly Hall court at halftime of Illinois' home finale against Iowa on Feb. 28 seems destined to be remembered as his last hurrah.

The NCAA rejected an appeal Friday that would have permitted Illinois to continue having a barefoot student wearing a buckskin costume and a huge feather headdress perform at selected athletic events.

"Our decision is final," said Walter Harrison, NCAA Executive Committee chairman.

If Illinois decides to perpetuate the Chief Illiniwek tradition, which dates to 1926, the NCAA will bar the school from being a venue for postseason tournament contests in any sport.
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The unsuccessful Chief Illiniwek appeal was in response to the NCAA's announcement in August that it was banning "hostile and abusive" school nicknames and Native American imagery.

In November the university won an appeal to continue using the nicknames Illini and Fighting Illini. It argued that Illini derived from the nickname of the state, and the original connotation of the adjective Fighting was a drive to excel.

In a 1923 letter soliciting money to build Memorial Stadium, Fighting Illini also was used to describe students and alumni who had lost their lives in World War I.

Gonzalez contended the Chief Illiniwek tradition honors Native Americans rather than demeans them.

This political correctness at all costs is sooo ridiculous that I'm going to get involved.  I'm writing the NCAA right now.  My letter to the NCAA is in the Extended Section.

 

Dear NCAA,

 

I must protest Notre Dame's use of "Fighting Irish".  As we all know, Irishmen neither *ahem* fight nor *cough* drink and this symbol:

     
 

is hostile and abusive to my distinguished heritage of sobriety and non-violence.

 

You suck.

 

Regards,

 

Patty O'Tatertot
Paratrooper of *hic* Guinness

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I Protest Political Correctness

No, not immigration ('cause I still can't get my head around the irony of why people, who come to this country to work, are protesting by not working...).  Later, I might go check out the protest here in Chicago.  And what's up with the gay rainbow flags in the crowds?  Did you arrive from the Sovereign Kingdom of Gay?  Sorry, wrong topic.

Anyway, I'm actually here to rant about the bull@#$% ruling by the NCAA about my own University of Illinois's mascot Chief Illiniwek - a symbol of a brave and courageous warrior.

NCAA ban on Chief 'final'
Illinois must retire its Indian mascot or lose opportunity to host any postseason events
By Neil Milbert
Tribune staff reporter
April 28, 2006, 10:28 PM CDT

The resounding ovation that Chief Illiniwek received from the capacity crowd when he concluded his dance and strode off the Assembly Hall court at halftime of Illinois' home finale against Iowa on Feb. 28 seems destined to be remembered as his last hurrah.

The NCAA rejected an appeal Friday that would have permitted Illinois to continue having a barefoot student wearing a buckskin costume and a huge feather headdress perform at selected athletic events.

"Our decision is final," said Walter Harrison, NCAA Executive Committee chairman.

If Illinois decides to perpetuate the Chief Illiniwek tradition, which dates to 1926, the NCAA will bar the school from being a venue for postseason tournament contests in any sport.
<...>
The unsuccessful Chief Illiniwek appeal was in response to the NCAA's announcement in August that it was banning "hostile and abusive" school nicknames and Native American imagery.

In November the university won an appeal to continue using the nicknames Illini and Fighting Illini. It argued that Illini derived from the nickname of the state, and the original connotation of the adjective Fighting was a drive to excel.

In a 1923 letter soliciting money to build Memorial Stadium, Fighting Illini also was used to describe students and alumni who had lost their lives in World War I.

Gonzalez contended the Chief Illiniwek tradition honors Native Americans rather than demeans them.

This political correctness at all costs is sooo ridiculous that I'm going to get involved.  I'm writing the NCAA right now.  My letter to the NCAA is in the Extended Section.

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