Let He Who Has Never Told an Ethnic Joke Change the First Mascot.

The recent ragefest regarding Native American mascots has people on both side riled up, with many people drawing on the knee-jerk analogy that, "the R word is just as bad as the N word!" President Obama even weighed in, stating that, while he doesn't have any stake in the controversy, he would think about changing the name if he were the team's owner. While I respect the president's right to be a politician on the matter, a Kenyan's view should not impact the way in which Native Americans are portrayed in sports. Many people argue that Native American names and mascots symbolize the country's history (which we're going to pretend wasn't full of prejudice and disdain.) Other members of the debate (whose opinions happen to be wrong) argue that it simply doesn't matter, much like the controversy that arose over a Cheerios commercial.  

This debate reminds me one that took place in Woodcrest over whether or not white people should be able to say the N word in a colloquial sense or when singing rap lyrics and it is a simple matter of the media trying to infringe on our personal rights, like the little fascists they are, and limit the way people interact with one another. Next they'll be saying that it's not alright to tell someone when their clothes aren't matching, and that in doing so we are segregating those clothes unjustly into outfits that we find aesthetically appealing based our superficial fashion sense. If anything it would be racist to remove the Native American presence from American sports; I for one would be all for the Georgia spades. Racial insensitivity is as much a part of this country as  the Bible, Wal-Mart, or Washington itself. I will be dead, in the ground and eaten by maggots before I support having politically correct team names in American sports! The fact of the matter is that Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes and if people can't accept that, then they can boycott American sports, rap music, and all of the shops in Chinatown.