Posted on 01/15/2022 6:01:55 AM PST by MAGA2017
He’s male. He’s Scandinavian. He’s considered by some as “too masculine” and “too aggressive.” And now, he might be getting canned.
No, I don’t mean me.
I’m talking about Victor E. Viking, who has been the mascot at Western Washington University in Bellingham for 99 years.
According to a report from June of 2021, WWU’s Legacy Review Taskforce is “concerned about the harm caused by asking all members of the Western community to identify with a figure that is potentially exclusive on the basis of both ethnicity and gender.”
Already, in December, the task force convinced the university’s Board of Trustees to dump the name of Huxley College of the Environment. The taskforce claims namesake scientist T.H. Huxley held “white supremacist values.”
Next in their crosshairs: the use of the mascot in the name of the Viking Union, the hub for student gatherings.
Why?
Why?
"The Task Force found names idolizing conquest as out of line with the university’s contemporary values around honoring local Indigenous communities. Task Force members who did not recommend renaming in this report proposed the building name be evaluated alongside the mascot by a separate committee."
Moving forward, its members were “unanimous in agreeing that the building name and mascot should be addressed and evaluated in some manner.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mynorthwest.com ...
If you are an alumnus WWU, you need to stop giving money to them. STAT,
The Task Force found names idolizing conquest as out of line.
Western Washington University new flag will be white and everybody will walk on their knees free chap stick in every class.
How long before the woke in the Peoples Republic of Minnesota come to the same conclusion about the name of the states erstwhile professional football team? Maybe start by naming the stadium for George Floyd
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