A rich history of how “the man” don’t give a shit when it comes to pillaging and stealing a man’s home, and following it up with a good dose of racism. 

After eleven years without a team mascot, The University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is in the process of adopting a new one. In 2007, Chief Illiniwek was retired, after decades of heated debate with the NCAA over whether their representation of Illiniwek was hostile and abusive to the indigenous American Indians. I understand both sides. I know how much it hurts after being called a Chinky Chinky Gook Celestial Nip a few times. I also know that it is more important to preserve the integrity of a copyrighted logo over the dignity of a race. As we are all well aware, this is how privileged people do. There is no morality when it comes to making money.

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