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Washington school 'bans mural of unofficial mascot Thor on walls claiming image of Norse God would be racist and sexist'
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Posted on 06/12/2024 9:07:17 AM PDT by algore

Diversity bosses in Washington state accused a student council of promoting white supremacy for suggesting a mural of hammer-wielding Norse god Thor could represent their school team.

Students at Mountain View High School in Vancouver offered a mural of the god - whose name translates as 'thunder' - to decorate a wall in a newly renovated building as their senior gift.

Its team is nicknamed 'The Thunders' and there is already a Thor statue in the school's main entrance.

But the AI image they came up with horrified the district's equity office which demanded the god be removed or accompanied by women and people of color.

'They had an issue with the image not being racially and gender inclusive, as well as upholding an image of pure colonization, white power, white supremacy and even going as far as to say that it was alluding to racist anti-black imagery in the south,'

'We were just essentially told that we will maybe understand their perspective when we're in our 40s and have more life experiences like they do.'

The students' senior council was not expecting a backlash when they suggested the god of thunder for their new mural.

They used their talents with AI to produce a classic image of the deity wielding his hammer on top of a mountain amid lightning bolts.

'We were really excited to have the mural up, we thought by Spring Break,' Tara said.

But after submitting their design they received an email from Evergreen Public Schools district administrator demanding to know if students had been surveyed about the design.

It reminded them that 'We are a system that strives for inclusive representation and our Title IX and Gender Inclusive Schools commitments obligate us to create a neutral and diverse representation of the 'Thunder'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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Someone needs to get "Thunder Struck"


1 posted on 06/12/2024 9:07:17 AM PDT by algore
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To: algore

Now we need a Netflix special with Thor played by a black dude.


2 posted on 06/12/2024 9:09:16 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: algore

Thor spends a night with this woman and the next morning he says, “I have to tell you who I am... I’m Thor.” She says: “You’re Thor? I can hardly walk.”


3 posted on 06/12/2024 9:09:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore

Should they cancel school every Thorsday?

If they portrayed Thor using Brittney Griner, would that be acceptable?


4 posted on 06/12/2024 9:09:58 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: algore

Then wouldn’t any and all status, paintings, and images of a “white dude” be deemed racist and would need to be removed.


5 posted on 06/12/2024 9:10:30 AM PDT by midwest_hiker
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To: algore
Well, he probably was both. And macro-aggressive, to boot.

That's life.

6 posted on 06/12/2024 9:10:45 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: PGR88

Black Tranny with a pansexual sidekick.


7 posted on 06/12/2024 9:11:10 AM PDT by machman
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To: algore

8 posted on 06/12/2024 9:11:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore
That looks like a volcano. Maybe they could call themselves The Vulcans.


9 posted on 06/12/2024 9:12:14 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: dfwgator

Sometimes, I just know without looking that it’s you posting. 😂


10 posted on 06/12/2024 9:12:28 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Good one.....


11 posted on 06/12/2024 9:12:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: dfwgator

lol


12 posted on 06/12/2024 9:13:21 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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Are you out of your Vulcan mind?


13 posted on 06/12/2024 9:14:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore

Living in today’s woke America is like living during the French Revolution. An idea that is perfectly acceptable one day might become criminal the next.

The only difference is that the French revolutionaries guillotined their opponents. We’re not quite there yet.


14 posted on 06/12/2024 9:14:51 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

More like the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

They actually had a period of relative freedom before that, but that was so they could make the list of who to go after later.


15 posted on 06/12/2024 9:19:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PGR88

Almost! Idris Elba played a character in “Thor” in the 2010s, it caused a stir then ;)


17 posted on 06/12/2024 9:21:09 AM PDT by small farm girl
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Then wouldn’t any and all status, paintings, and images of a “white dude” be deemed racist and would need to be removed.


Got in 1.


18 posted on 06/12/2024 9:22:09 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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Now we need a Netflix special with Thor played by a black dude.

We need a Netflix special with Wakanda saved from poverty and squalor, and raised to incredible heights of peace and prosperity by White Minority rule.

19 posted on 06/12/2024 9:23:05 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: algore
Put him a dress. Problem solved.
20 posted on 06/12/2024 9:23:38 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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