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Is Notre Dame’s “Fighting Irish” also racist? [ESPN’s Max Kellerman says yes]
Irish Central ^ | January 30, 2018 05:19 PM | Frances Mulraney

Posted on 01/30/2018 4:31:38 PM PST by Olog-hai

Speaking on the decision of the Cleveland Indians to no longer make use of the mascot Chief Wahoo as their uniform logo from 2019 onwards, co-host of ESPN’s “First Take” Max Kellerman argued on Tuesday that the University of Notre Dame should also be among those sports teams that take note of the offense caused by their mascot and make move to change it. […]

As well as wholeheartedly standing behind the decision of the Cleveland Indians, Kellerman next went one step further, drawing in the Notre Dame name as an example of another sports franchise that should show the same courtesy to the sections of society who believe their name to be offensive.

“Many Irish-Americans are not offended, but many are. And should that also change? The answer is yes, unequivocally yes,” Kellerman said.

“Pernicious, negative stereotypes of marginalized people that offend even some among them should be changed. It’s not that hard.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Local News; Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chiefwahoo; cleveland; clevelandindians; espn; fightingirish; kellerman; looneyleft; mascot; maxkellerman; mediawingofthednc; notredame; ohio; partisanmediashills
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To: Olog-hai

THere’s nothing that says that he couldn’t be both, you know.


61 posted on 01/30/2018 7:26:49 PM PST by Jacob Kell
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To: Olog-hai

This has got me irish up!


62 posted on 01/30/2018 7:34:54 PM PST by LimitedPowers (Citizenship is not a Hate Crime!)
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To: heterosupremacist
Wouldn't that be your Royal Irish arse!? LOL
63 posted on 01/30/2018 7:42:40 PM PST by TigersEye (A Russian Bot is a Russian Bot to his last dying day!)
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To: Olog-hai

As a member of the Irish Revolution hero Michael Collins family I have long been embarrassed by the depiction of the Irish people as drunken brawlers who believe in little men and live to drink green beer. Notre Dame ought to stop insult insulting people of Irish heritage.


64 posted on 01/30/2018 7:59:59 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: TigersEye

#63 ~ Wouldn’t that be your Royal Irish arse!? LOL
Oh, laddie, all Irishmen were descended from Kings!


65 posted on 01/30/2018 8:02:58 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: jmaroneps37

I kinda wish that Collins would have survived to be Ireland’s first Uachtarán instead of De Valera. Even though he was the man who negotiated the Free State status, he was far more independence-minded.


66 posted on 01/30/2018 8:03:40 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: heterosupremacist
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67 posted on 01/30/2018 8:07:31 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: heterosupremacist

68 posted on 01/30/2018 8:08:42 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: Olog-hai
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69 posted on 01/30/2018 8:15:37 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: heterosupremacist

I’d be foolhardy and unnecessarily provocative to argue with you ...
but I have a lot of Scots’ blood in me veins. ;-)


70 posted on 01/30/2018 8:17:44 PM PST by TigersEye (A Russian Bot is a Russian Bot to his last dying day!)
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To: irish guard

This ‘badge’ from my alma mater has no such drunken Paddy look.

Er, yes it does, look at it, it shows the usual squat, low-browed, simian-faced, hairy Irishman in pug hat and coat tails squaring up to brawl with someone.

Examine the anti-Irish cartoons and propaganda in 19th century pamphlets and publications in England and the US and this is the brutish, ape-like characterization you will find. It is exactly comparable with anti-semitic characterization of the jowly, long-nosed Jewish moneylender from the same time.

If Notre Dame wishes to keep it, that is their business and no concern of mine, but at least you should know the disreputable origins of the image.


71 posted on 01/31/2018 3:23:29 AM PST by Postman Pat
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To: irish guard

The Irish Brigade fighting at Fredricksburg were stopped in part by the Confederates’ Irish troops.

There was a huge degree of sympathy among Irish nationalists for the southern cause, they saw direct parallels with Irish secession from the British union.

And let’s not forget the Irish who led the anti-conscription riots that saw the lynching of blacks and the burning of black-owned property in New York the week after Gettysburg.

As I said, the Irish have often fought on both sides in most of the wars they fought in.


72 posted on 01/31/2018 3:28:26 AM PST by Postman Pat
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To: Olog-hai
Speaking for my Mic ancestors that came from County Armagh I say no, but in today's idiotic climate, of course it's racist!!

How about I start another one, as a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, I'm offended by the whitey Pirate and lets not forget the New England Patriot logo....


73 posted on 01/31/2018 4:24:07 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Postman Pat
Heh, Ok, whatever. the logo was developed in or around 1965, so whatever was in some 19th century stuff, it's not what the university used and it's not the intent of the logo to express a drunken Irishman. So you and I will have to disagree on this one.

Cheers

irish guard

74 posted on 01/31/2018 9:49:24 AM PST by irish guard
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To: irish guard

So it only dates from 1965? It’s hardly a sacred emblem, sanctified by the mists of antiquity then is it?

So would it be a huge problem to replace the squat ugly fellow with all his negative connotations with a representation of a square-jawed Union soldier from one of the Irish regiments (the 35th Indiana?), or better yet to emphasize the school’s religious ethos Father Corby’s fine figure? To show the true proud symbolism of the Fighting Irish?

Who could possibly object to that?


75 posted on 02/01/2018 6:56:24 PM PST by Postman Pat
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To: Postman Pat

The name fighting Irish originated in the 20s because there were a lot of Irishmen who attended Notre Dame and had a fighting spirit. So is it the logo or the origin of the name or both? For what it’s worth, nobody at Notre Dame wants to change it. As I said, you and I will have to disagree.


76 posted on 02/01/2018 7:32:20 PM PST by irish guard
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