William and Mary, hot bed of hostility and abuse (towards “Indians”)
by Ross Catrow
The NCAA has tomahawk chopped those offensive feathers right off of the William and Mary logo. I for one am glad to see such blatant racism removed from college athletics. As the NCAA said the College should be responsible for opponents who may make racial slurs concerning the lineage and history of innocent feathers. Think of the Children™!
And in other completely unrelated news, Florida State University‘s athletic budget is upwards of $40M while William and Mary’s is around $11M.
ebirt is a very contraversial figure in williamsburg.
lemme guess, there’s debate over his Atari affiliation. Qbert vs. Space Invaders. Is that a pirate hat?
Pirate hat? Are you kidding me? That is a stately tri-corner hat.
there used to be a lengthy discussion on his provenance in the wm article from wikipedia, but after a long edit war over it, there is only one sentence left. the old summary described ebirt (tribe spelled backwards) as a “shortlived amorphorous green blob wearing a tricornered hat.”
for shame, wm. for shame.
i mean we used to HAVE an Indian School, where we taught real live indians why their culture was wrong. it’s not like we just thought indians were cool or something, the mascot is actual past students. shouldn’t that count for something?
Midas,
Is that sort of like saying “Hey, I’m not racist. I have a black friend!”?
Or in this case, “Hey, I’m not racist. I have an amorphous green blob friend!”?
The lowest and most reprehensible kind of racism is hating amorphous green blobs. Don’t judge them by their skin (or lack thereof).
did you know that, technically, the U.S. is still at war with the Seminole tribe. They never surrendered and no treaty was ever signed.
the seminoles did 911. look it up.
this is terrible
I heard the seminoles crashed Cory Lidle’s plane …
Too soon?
HAHAHAHA
i love “too son?”
Just thought Id point out to midas and others interested that 2 of the 3 top short stories in this weeks styleweekly.com issue are from W&M. The 3d place winner is someone Midas you may remember from coffee shop days.
I will also note that I would have fought for the feathers. And plan to sport them on every vehicle I own for now on. Much like a moratorium on gun ownership or trans fats would lead me to purchase as many guns or original oreos as possible. Though this probably just confused readers.