I always hate it when people use a High School sports forum to debate controversial issues. This has absolutely nothing to do with GRC football...I get it but take it to the controversial page...

Wow, really?

 

Just out of curiosity, what year did you graduate high school?

 

Yes really. 2007...

 

Just watch the History channel. Lol.

 

Watch it all the time. It's honestly one of my favorite channels LOL

American history classes leave out a lot of the 'bad' stuff.

 

Anyone taught that Honest Abe Lincoln ordered the largest mass execution in American history?

 

38 Sioux Warriors hanged at one time in Minnesota.

I always hate it when people use a High School sports forum to debate controversial issues. This has absolutely nothing to do with GRC football...I get it but take it to the controversial page...

 

It happened at a GRC football game. Right?

Watch out Cov Holy Cross! You'll have to change your nick name soon!

Watch out Cov Holy Cross! You'll have to change your name soon!

HUGE difference! This isn't about a name, it's about a massacre. Think of a team hosting a Jewish school, and someone has a banner saying "gas the Jews", or something else about the holocaust.

HUGE difference! This isn't about a name, it's about a massacre. Think of a team hosting a Jewish school, and someone has a banner saying "gas the Jews", or something else about the holocaust.

 

Not just a massacre, but also how the US government systematically stole forced Native Americans to relinquish 25 million acres of land and either forced them to assimilate and denounce their culture or move thousands of miles away to less desire able lands to maintain their identity and culture. It was a death march. 1000's died either by disease, at the hand of locals along the way who didn't want them passing through, or exposure to the elements as they were forced to set out during the worst time of year.

I agree. The signs were wrong.

 

But to be completely honest, my first thought was why is "Indians" still a name of a mascot? When you think about it, any chant or cheer can be interpreted as nothing less than offensive.

I couldn't help but laugh when I read this line in the article,

The school says the hateful words were never meant to hurt.

 

Isn't the opposite of hurt, comfort? Has there ever been a time when hateful words weren't meant to hurt?

I really believe people are way too sensitive these days. Too often people get upset or complain about the dumbest things, but I absolutely agree that this banner crossed the line.

I don't know that you get to be the Indians and then complain about people making Indian references toward you.

I don't know that you get to be the Indians and then complain about people making Indian references toward you.

This is where I'm at.

I DO NOT condone the "Trail of Tears" sign.

But if you think about it, any reference to "Indians" can be misconstrued as offensive.

I don't know that you get to be the Indians and then complain about people making Indian references toward you.

This is where I'm at.

I DO NOT condone the "Trail of Tears" sign.

But if you think about it, any reference to "Indians" can be misconstrued as offensive.

It was a parent of a GRC student that complained.

Serious question.

 

If MoCo was the Braves instead of the Indians, do we still have an issue, or as big an issue?

Serious question.

 

If MoCo was the Braves instead of the Indians, do we still have an issue, or as big an issue?

 

IMO MoCo's mascot has nothing to do with the issue. They invoked a tragic event in the name of school spirit. It would be the same issue to me had they been playing the Conner Cougars.