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<blockquote data-quote="Hoppy2105" data-source="post: 1326255" data-attributes="member: 9835"><p>From what I can tell, the calling card for the anti-Chief movement was that the university was misrepresenting the Indian culture, not that the Chief was a racist symbol.</p><p></p><p>Now, I know that wouldn't stop some people from saying it's racist, but if a logical person dug deep down into the issue, they could see that Chief was not a characature. Nor was he just some goofy dressed up kid running around singing sweet Caroline with the band. The Chief was a symbol of something powerful and worth representing. </p><p></p><p>Having said that, I've heard the Chief made appearances a few times at random events where he did act more mascot than symbol. They were rare and stopped back in the 90s. (All 2nd hand info, I'd never heard of those events until coming on here) So those events would have to be gone and it seemed like they were. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, back to the racism thing, I don't think Illinois fans/the administration thought the Illiniwek/Peoria tribes were/are racially inferior (basic definition of racism) so the racism thing wouldn't hold water if we had gone down a different path in the mid-2000s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hoppy2105, post: 1326255, member: 9835"] From what I can tell, the calling card for the anti-Chief movement was that the university was misrepresenting the Indian culture, not that the Chief was a racist symbol. Now, I know that wouldn't stop some people from saying it's racist, but if a logical person dug deep down into the issue, they could see that Chief was not a characature. Nor was he just some goofy dressed up kid running around singing sweet Caroline with the band. The Chief was a symbol of something powerful and worth representing. Having said that, I've heard the Chief made appearances a few times at random events where he did act more mascot than symbol. They were rare and stopped back in the 90s. (All 2nd hand info, I'd never heard of those events until coming on here) So those events would have to be gone and it seemed like they were. Anyway, back to the racism thing, I don't think Illinois fans/the administration thought the Illiniwek/Peoria tribes were/are racially inferior (basic definition of racism) so the racism thing wouldn't hold water if we had gone down a different path in the mid-2000s. [/QUOTE]
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