tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825511530912388870.post2859717811894805599..comments2023-12-05T23:27:05.687-05:00Comments on Wirelesshogan: Reflections from the Hogan: The Problem with Systemic Racism...Mark Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04210437745178979457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825511530912388870.post-45675461209713870222014-09-05T15:56:05.221-04:002014-09-05T15:56:05.221-04:00Mark, I'm very sad that these things have happ...Mark, I'm very sad that these things have happened. And I'm distressed that we (in the dominant culture) remain so blind as to what the shooting in Ferguson and the atrocious banner at the OSU football game reveal about us and our nation. Thank you for bringing to the front what we need to see.Deborah Brunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10508883007664557807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825511530912388870.post-3652911342262311982014-09-03T01:53:25.352-04:002014-09-03T01:53:25.352-04:00I completely believe the viewpoints of this blog, ...I completely believe the viewpoints of this blog, from start to finish. There is an element of mockery in using a banner that makes fun of such a tragic event of The Trail Of Tears and somehow believing that such mockery is perfectly okay to express through a banner that is actually being used by student who are rooting for....cowboys.These students honestly may not perceive the hurt this causes numerous members of my Tribe, the Cherokee Nation. They may not know the origin of the TOT, they may not know of the huge numbers of native Americans who, force marched clear to Oklahoma, lost many lives along the way. It was a vast genocide that i knew I never was taught about. For this matter, we take to heart then that if ignorance is the recipe for chanting support for the home team, we just may witness continued bias in such manner that people can do so with impunity under the 1st Amendment law. I believe in the first amendment, but I also believe in politeness, not mass attempts to subjugate other persons' feelings of being told that their ancestors suffering should be commercially used to not only give "cheers to the home team", but also deride, denigrate and show disdain for a group of people whose only fault was to be driven to starvation onto an Indian Territory that they were told was exclusively for them Betrayal takes many, may forms.It seems betrayal, with 1st Amendment protections, comes easily today to them who otherwise see no reason to discontinue racist taunts that seem perfectly "natural" to them. I could not disagree with them more....drjim@writing.comnoreply@blogger.com