Posted on 08/21/2013 9:10:44 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Edited on 08/21/2013 9:24:59 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Is a cartoon-like college mascot reminiscent of Daniel Boone -- right down to the legendary coonskin cap -- racist, sexist or otherwise offensive?
Officials at the University of Denver seem to think so. They
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They love what America could be.
The image of Denver Boone was originally designed by a Walt Disney artist and named by a UD student back in 1968 .
The cartoony figure, which sports a scruffy beard and a raccoon skin cap, is reminiscent of the Daniel Boone character from the 1950s TV show based on the real-life pioneer.
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“Mythology and Fess Parker aside, it is well documented that Daniel Boone never wore a coonskin cap.
This author needs an editor who knows a little popular history. Fess Parker did not play Daniel Boone and the Disney series was not about Daniel Boone; it was about Davy Crockett, who was from TN.
>>How about a light gray plastic cube?
The Spherists are sick of your cubic superiority!!
In the settling of the American West, The guys wearing animal fur hats are what made it possible for the women to follow along later.
This is PC douchebaggery.
What a crock of SH!T
You may wish to switch to the more modern term, barmag25: "crock of obama."
>>The straight lines of the cube offend the LGBTBLTGGFRS community.
I think the correct acronym is LGBTBTTFKRSNRGMNCHRS. Its hard to keep up since it changes daily.
I think it was more his role in the Indian wars that did him in as a symbol, rather than any coon references
The coonskin hat was an invention of Disney when they selected Fess Parker to play the role on TV. Disney essentially converted Boone into Davey Crockett so that Parker could continue to play the character, if not the name, that he was so popular for.
-PJ
Actually he played both Davey Crockett and Daniel Boone.
And this from a private university that was originally established by religious people to educate others.
Sorry this one really angers me. Glad my mom and dad have already passed otherwise I would be planning two funerals. Expect two earthquakes in the Denver area any second now
Denver Boone: Bad
Washington Redskins: A-OK!
I suggest Frito Bandito would be more fitting for Denver these days.
How about Al Packer??? SInce they are after all eating their own
Cheech Marin
I would recommend that University of Denver adopt as their mascot a rainbow-colored bunny.
Then get Pee Wee Herman to represent.
Poosies....
When I attended SUNY Stony Brook in the late 80s, I played on the Stony Brook Patriots Lax team. The women's basketball team was known as "The Lady Patriots." The "mascot" was a Minute Man, complete with his Kentucky rifle.
Sometime since then, the team names have been changed to the "Sea Wolves."
Just damn, at least I still have my Patriots Lacrosse T-shirt from back then!
Mark
I think it was because of the little ditty adapted from the Daniel Boone theme song I heard as a child.
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