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War Chant has been retired
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<blockquote data-quote="SycIllini" data-source="post: 1326256" data-attributes="member: 3545"><p>To me this makes the reasoning worse for retiring it. If it was never authentic to begin with and only made up for the school's athletic contests then it could only be offensive to the uniiversity/students/alumni/fans if used by someone else to mimic the UofI.</p><p></p><p>If it had been derived from an authentic Native American warchant then the idea that it promotes an unfavorable view of Native American culture or stereotype would be stronger in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SycIllini, post: 1326256, member: 3545"] To me this makes the reasoning worse for retiring it. If it was never authentic to begin with and only made up for the school's athletic contests then it could only be offensive to the uniiversity/students/alumni/fans if used by someone else to mimic the UofI. If it had been derived from an authentic Native American warchant then the idea that it promotes an unfavorable view of Native American culture or stereotype would be stronger in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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