The Spokane Indians debuted their new mascot, a redband trout, Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Avista Stadium.
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'.
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I always heard it told, “I have to tell you, I’m Thor,” to which the lady replies, “You’re thor?!?! I haven’t been able to pith for three days!!!”
perfect...
Thor got his rear end whooped by his sister. Don’t these people watch movies?
The leftists have been complaining for decades that using minorities as mascots is evil. So it’s no white mascots now, too? There’s just no pleasing them.
Lived in Vancouver for about 35 years. The name for Mountain View teams is “Thunder”; no ‘s’ at the end.
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