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<blockquote data-quote="FollowTisdale" data-source="post: 1325901" data-attributes="member: 619279"><p>I had always used the words "This is my Indian song, why don't you sing along" so obviously i made the connection.</p><p></p><p>My reaction to this probably fake news is, yes it's dumb to ban a song because 5 people think it's racist towards American Indians. Any song with drums could be reminiscent of Indian war chants if you want to stretch that far. I do not think it's a huge slippery slope to assume the oppositions goals were 1. ban the chief, 2. ban war chant/ 3-in-1, 3. change "Fighting Illini".</p><p></p><p>With that being said, the song wasn't that good for 3rd down or at basketball timeouts and it gives the talented musicians at Illinois a chance to create something better. So really, I find it hard to get worked up about. Plenty of changes to traditions end up working out just fine if not better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FollowTisdale, post: 1325901, member: 619279"] I had always used the words "This is my Indian song, why don't you sing along" so obviously i made the connection. My reaction to this probably fake news is, yes it's dumb to ban a song because 5 people think it's racist towards American Indians. Any song with drums could be reminiscent of Indian war chants if you want to stretch that far. I do not think it's a huge slippery slope to assume the oppositions goals were 1. ban the chief, 2. ban war chant/ 3-in-1, 3. change "Fighting Illini". With that being said, the song wasn't that good for 3rd down or at basketball timeouts and it gives the talented musicians at Illinois a chance to create something better. So really, I find it hard to get worked up about. Plenty of changes to traditions end up working out just fine if not better. [/QUOTE]
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