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Wisconsin orders high school to change Indians nickname
Associated Press ^ | September 19, 2011

Posted on 09/19/2011 7:16:59 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Wisconsin education officials have ordered a high school to change its sports nickname from the Indians.

An alumnus of Berlin High School north of Milwaukee complained to the state Department of Public Instruction about the use of the nickname. That opened the door to the state ordering the school to change it.

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


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KEYWORDS: indians; nicknames; wisconsin
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To: Responsibility2nd

Dunno about any Mohammedville, but there is a Mahomet in Illinois. I do not know if Mahomet has any mosques in it.


61 posted on 09/19/2011 8:09:27 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: MrB

>>> How about “Fightin’ Whiteys”? >>>

Actually, there are some names that sort of smack of “fightin whiteys”:

Minutemen
Tar Heels
Patriots
Vikings
Packers
Rebels

Just off top of my head....


62 posted on 09/19/2011 8:10:11 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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To: HiTech RedNeck

So that’s where “Heehaw” came from1


63 posted on 09/19/2011 8:11:14 AM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Illinois is the way the early French explorers/missionaries wrote hilinawe, which simply means “man”...

"Man" could mean "guy", like "I know a guy", or "go see my guy", or even "wise guy", or more on poiunt: "MAN this place is messed up!".

Like many politicians in Illinois "Chief Illiniwek" seems to have been a ficticious figure invented out of whole cloth.

Thanks for the linguistic insights.

64 posted on 09/19/2011 8:13:03 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

How about “the Nazis”?. During football games, the QB won’t have the ball snapped on 3; rather, he’ll take the snap on “Sieg Heil”.


65 posted on 09/19/2011 8:16:09 AM PDT by nd76
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To: ConservativeStatement

If it were me, I would recommend something like Berlin Boogers just to see what others would think.


66 posted on 09/19/2011 8:16:28 AM PDT by msrngtp2002 (Just my opinion.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Tell them to go to hell.


67 posted on 09/19/2011 8:17:23 AM PDT by onedoug (If)
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To: msrngtp2002

Berlin Jugend


68 posted on 09/19/2011 8:20:20 AM PDT by sniper63 (If Obama pats himself on the back anymore, his shoulder will dislocate.....)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

The Seminole tribe is onboard with the mascot and name. Its not disrespectful. Money may play a part also.


69 posted on 09/19/2011 8:34:31 AM PDT by goseminoles
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To: goseminoles

What about the state of Indiana? That’s gotta offend SOMEBODY.


70 posted on 09/19/2011 8:38:16 AM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: goseminoles

>>> The Seminole tribe is onboard with the mascot and name. Its not disrespectful. Money may play a part also. >>>

Thanks for verifying that. From your screen name, I assume you know of what you write.

Of course it’s not disrespectful. And of course money plays a part. I’ve seen games in Tallahassee - and the atmosphere (at night) is great. The tomahawk chop is part of that atmosphere.


71 posted on 09/19/2011 8:38:55 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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To: ConservativeStatement

I understand that homosexuals are also upset by “Packers”


72 posted on 09/19/2011 8:44:21 AM PDT by BO Stinkss
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Ho about “Berlin Storm Troopers”!!


73 posted on 09/19/2011 8:44:36 AM PDT by catman67
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To: BO Stinkss

Not not really. They just want the Packers moved from Green Bay.

To Hershey, PA.


74 posted on 09/19/2011 8:46:01 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: ConservativeStatement

Change it to something people really fear.......like the Post-Menopausal Housewives or the Dieting Divorcees.


75 posted on 09/19/2011 8:47:24 AM PDT by Badabing Badablonde (New to the internet? CLICK HERE)
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To: caddie

Well....... the name of the city in Wisconsin is pronounced “burlin’” with the accent on the first syllable, unlike the city in Germany (”ber-lynn”).

Anyway, just more PC silliness except that it’s backed with power which isn’t funny at all.

How ‘bout changing the name to “Fighting Whities”? The Native American activist who came up with that in an attempt to shame white people never counted on the positive backlash that followed. Sort of like Archie Bunker.


76 posted on 09/19/2011 8:47:45 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("Deport all Muslims. Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

Columbus gave people he found the name ``Indians``..
He thought he landed in India-

So now two continents and one subcontinent have the same name for its indigenous populations—even though they are separated by 12,000 miles of ocean!
Ridiculous!!

Columbus was Italian—

``Columbus’s original letter, through which word of the new lands and their inhabitants was disseminated throughout Europe (see links below). In this letter Columbus repeatedly refers to India and Indians...``

www.straightdope.com

The word `Indian` should be used with impunity because it has nothing to do with the real names of indigenous American peoples.

It is the people of India who should be asking for royalties for using the name `Indians`-

So stupid!


77 posted on 09/19/2011 8:50:40 AM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: ConservativeStatement

They should change it to the StormTroopers.


78 posted on 09/19/2011 8:51:38 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Watch what people DO, not what they say.)
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To: bunkerhill7

They should use Shiva the "destroyer god" as their new mascott.

That would be AWESOME!!!!

79 posted on 09/19/2011 9:05:32 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: MrB

[ How about “Savages”...

they could keep the same mascot outfit and everything! ]

Not PC it would have to be “Noble Savages”.


80 posted on 09/19/2011 9:09:40 AM PDT by GraceG
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