Comments on: An Unwelcome Environment http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/ | social justice | higher education | technology | Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Eric Stoller http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-24034 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:47:25 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-24034 Why can't "we" (code for white people) both see and love color? The "bigger picture" is a world in which color is seen, appreciated, and loved. Why can’t “we” (code for white people) both see and love color? The “bigger picture” is a world in which color is seen, appreciated, and loved.

]]> by: big daddy http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-23979 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:44:04 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-23979 hey we should all be color blind, and accepting of all... a fighing sioux to a blind man is just as intimidating;/cool/good/bad as fighting irish, right? what if your sports team was the pansies? how hard would that be? I think when we prejudge in the name of affirmative action we lose sight of the bigger picture.... color blindness.... hey we should all be color blind, and accepting of all… a fighing sioux to a blind man is just as intimidating;/cool/good/bad as fighting irish, right? what if your sports team was the pansies? how hard would that be? I think when we prejudge in the name of affirmative action we lose sight of the bigger picture…. color blindness….

]]> by: UND and NCAA’s racist collaboration » Eric Stoller’s blog http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-17672 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:06:03 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-17672 [...] The NCAA and the University of North Dakota have come to an agreement regarding the racist Fighting Sioux logo. Instead of banning UND for division I athletics until they remove the racist logo, the NCAA has decided to collaborate with UND. In an unbelievably awful move, the NCAA has given (gotta love it when non-Native American institutions give each other power over Native Americans…ugh!) UND three years to get the Sioux tribes to change their minds about the racist logo/mascot/symbol. WTF! [...] […] The NCAA and the University of North Dakota have come to an agreement regarding the racist Fighting Sioux logo. Instead of banning UND for division I athletics until they remove the racist logo, the NCAA has decided to collaborate with UND. In an unbelievably awful move, the NCAA has given (gotta love it when non-Native American institutions give each other power over Native Americans…ugh!) UND three years to get the Sioux tribes to change their minds about the racist logo/mascot/symbol. WTF! […]

]]> by: Dakota Lifestyle: Beyond the Weather http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-15982 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:00:11 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-15982 Hi, I've been following this issue off and on for a while but never very much in depth. As I read through these things, I'm always curious. What would it take to get the mascot changed? I also wondered if you had heard anything about the results of the National Caucus of Native American State Legislators conference last month? They were meeting to diiscuss low Native American high school graduation rates and what steps they could take to help Native American students graduate. I did write briefly about it on my blog site, but you may have to scroll back through the pages to find it. Hi,

I’ve been following this issue off and on for a while but never very much in depth. As I read through these things, I’m always curious. What would it take to get the mascot changed?

I also wondered if you had heard anything about the results of the National Caucus of Native American State Legislators conference last month? They were meeting to diiscuss low Native American high school graduation rates and what steps they could take to help Native American students graduate. I did write briefly about it on my blog site, but you may have to scroll back through the pages to find it.

]]> by: brownfemipower http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-15934 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:49:18 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/10/06/an-unwelcome-environment/#comment-15934 <strong>Obviously, making sure racist students are comfortable ranks at least as high as getting rid of a racist logo/mascot, and definitely higher than creating a safe environment for Native students.</strong> exactly. and seeing as the *majority* of students are NOT native and/or don't support the logo, it's really frightening to think that *this* is how they're protecting opinions--those with very little *institutional* power, those without the protection of numbers, are told to please make life more comfortable for the hostile crowds that surround them??? I thought that college was about expanding your comfort zone and learning things you've never considered before? Obviously, making sure racist students are comfortable ranks at least as high as getting rid of a racist logo/mascot, and definitely higher than creating a safe environment for Native students.

exactly. and seeing as the *majority* of students are NOT native and/or don’t support the logo, it’s really frightening to think that *this* is how they’re protecting opinions–those with very little *institutional* power, those without the protection of numbers, are told to please make life more comfortable for the hostile crowds that surround them??? I thought that college was about expanding your comfort zone and learning things you’ve never considered before?

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