This meme always bugged me because it’s not an equivalent portrayal of what the actual real life team mascot displays (or had displayed for several decades … but continues to display in many other leagues and communities and schools)
As an Indigenous person … this is what Native mascot logos look like to me.
That’s good … but where I’m from in northern Ontario, we live in swamp country and we actually love winter because the land freezes over and we can freely travel over it … in the summer we become land locked or stick to canoes and rivers … but when winter arrives, we can go anywhere we want.
It took me an EMBARRASSING amount of time to realize that was two thumbs up and not like… holding his clothes with his fingers tucked in. I was so fucking confused. I want to slap myself.
It took me an embarrassing amount of time of self reflection to edit that … the whole time I was thinking … will people think this is racist, am I racist, am I reverse-racist, is that a thing? Should I laugh at my culture? Is that allowed? Should I allow myself?
So I just burned some sweetgrass, waved my hands at the sun and hit reply
mishtikooshoo … this is word we use for white people in my language … the root word is mishtik … which means ‘stick’ or ‘wood’
Adding the ooshoo at the end associates the root word to a group or to a people or a person
So the word literally translates as … ‘man with a stick’ … the silly stick they were holding in their hands and that was so important to them was the Christian cross
When you look at the Christian faith without any knowledge about who they are and what they do or why … all you see is a ‘man with a stick’
And It only gets worse when you know who they are and what they do. One wonders what they thought when they saw that they pray to not just the stick, but to a bloody man nailed to it.
This meme always bugged me because it’s not an equivalent portrayal of what the actual real life team mascot displays (or had displayed for several decades … but continues to display in many other leagues and communities and schools)
As an Indigenous person … this is what Native mascot logos look like to me.
I want that tshirt so much!
I’m as white as the driven snow and English by the way.
"Some folk’ll never lose a toe, but then again some folk’ll. Like Cleetus, the pale faced yokel.
Did you know why natives hate snow?
It’s white, and settles on their land.
That’s good … but where I’m from in northern Ontario, we live in swamp country and we actually love winter because the land freezes over and we can freely travel over it … in the summer we become land locked or stick to canoes and rivers … but when winter arrives, we can go anywhere we want.
It needs to be plural to make the joke fit right and “palefaces” doesn’t quite fit the syllable count. We need something better.
“Paleskins”?
This guy seems a little more considerate than those he is mocking lol
They could also go with the original image with an assault rifle super imposed over it.
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I want that tshirt so much!
I’m as white as the driven snow and English by the way.
"Some folk’ll never lose a toe, but then again some folk’ll. Like Cleetus, the pale faced yokel.
Scotsman here. If you find this shirt please let me know. I want to get one for each member of my family.
So… You’re slush gray?
Fix’d.
It took me an EMBARRASSING amount of time to realize that was two thumbs up and not like… holding his clothes with his fingers tucked in. I was so fucking confused. I want to slap myself.
It took me an embarrassing amount of time of self reflection to edit that … the whole time I was thinking … will people think this is racist, am I racist, am I reverse-racist, is that a thing? Should I laugh at my culture? Is that allowed? Should I allow myself?
So I just burned some sweetgrass, waved my hands at the sun and hit reply
I think I love you
Meanwhile, as a white guy I have no compunction against mocking white people every chance I get. Privilege, indeed.
mishtikooshoo … this is word we use for white people in my language … the root word is mishtik … which means ‘stick’ or ‘wood’
Adding the ooshoo at the end associates the root word to a group or to a people or a person
So the word literally translates as … ‘man with a stick’ … the silly stick they were holding in their hands and that was so important to them was the Christian cross
When you look at the Christian faith without any knowledge about who they are and what they do or why … all you see is a ‘man with a stick’
And It only gets worse when you know who they are and what they do. One wonders what they thought when they saw that they pray to not just the stick, but to a bloody man nailed to it.
So… a stickman.
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