Posted on 12/29/2020 11:29:19 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
Washington's NFL team, Cleveland's MLB team ... and now the Vancouver Canucks?
The NHL squad is now feeling pressure to change ... this after an Indigenous Studies expert claims the main logo featured on the team's uniforms is cultural appropriation.
Sean Carleton -- a University of Manitoba history professor -- spelled out his concerns in a lengthy social media thread this week ... explaining why he feels the team's orca logo should be replaced.
Carleton says the whale -- which was created nearly 3 decades ago and has elements of artwork designed by Haida in it -- is hurting indigenous people.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
Ah, there's the rub. Which people on which land and and at which time? The ones who got there first, or the ones who were there when the Europeans came through?
Dating near the 10th Century, BC, the oldest pair of trousers were found in China.
You know what that means. Wearing trousers is Cultural Appropriation.
We’re all gonna have to go Full Commando. I haven’t told my wife.
BeGood/StayStrong
“Carleton says the whale...is hurting indigenous people.”
Not to the Injuns, but to the white liberals!
I am offended by Black Lives Matter and Antifa logos.
I demand that they change their logo and names.
Caucasian Lives Matter
Fascist Lives Matter
LOL! When I followed the NFL the joke at this time of year, what’s green and white and plays golf in January? THE JETS!
A shark? No, an orca, or killer whale, is the largest member of the dolphin family.
I wrote: “It’s a shark - or specifically an orca.”
Yes orca are mammals not sharks, I think everyone knows that. The logo looks like a shark. I pointed out it is supposed to be an orca not shark.
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