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The Florida State Seminoles: The Champions of Racist Mascots
The Nation ^ | January 7, 2014 | David Zirin

Posted on 01/08/2014 5:49:58 AM PST by C19fan

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To: C19fan

Yeh, Sammy has been doing backflips across the field before every game since I was there and I won’t say how long ago that was. I was doing the chop and chant and nobody had a problem with it. We never thought we were insulting the Indian nation.


21 posted on 01/08/2014 9:18:38 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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There’s a couple more things this Gator fan would have him “blank”!


22 posted on 01/08/2014 3:57:42 PM PST by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites, is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: Nip

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Wars


23 posted on 01/08/2014 4:36:45 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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Here's an interesting note from the wiki entry...

The 1868 Florida Constitution, developed by the Republican-dominated Reconstruction legislature, gave the Seminole one seat in the house and one seat in the senate of the state legislature. The Seminole never filled the positions. In 1885, after southern white Democrats had regained political power in the state, they passed a new constitution in 1885. It removed the seats for Seminole and established barriers to voter registration and electoral practices that essentially disfranchised most blacks and minorities.[95] This situation lasted until the passage of federal civil rights and voting legislation in the mid-1960s, which provided for the enforcement of citizens' constitutional rights.

24 posted on 01/09/2014 5:03:55 AM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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