UNC "Tarheels" name now Racist

[dobre_shunka]

Cleveland Skid Marks would be appropriate.

The Browns are commonly referred to as the Stains in Pittsburgh

 

[IPleadInsanity]

Looks like it's UNC's turn.

Does UNC’s ‘Tar Heels’ name celebrate the Confederacy? Some think it’s time for change.

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“If you call yourself a Tar Heel … you’re cheering for the essence of white supremacy,” Thorpe said. He said it’s like saying “Go Confederate soldiers!” or “It’s a great day to be a Confederate soldier.”

NC history professor Jim Leloudis said the origin of the “Tar Heels” name is complicated and convoluted. He is also co-chair of the university’s Commission on History, Race & A Way Forward, tasked with helping the university reckon with its history. “It’s hard to untangle,” Leloudis said. “The term, at first, is derogatory in terms of race and class, then gets turned into a symbol of Confederate pride and loyalty.”

UNC also mentions the term Tar Heels in connection to the Civil War.
“During the Civil War, North Carolina soldiers flipped the meaning of the term, and turned an epithet into an accolade. They called themselves ‘tar heels’ as an expression of state pride. Others adopted the term and North Carolina became widely known as the ‘Tar Heel State,’” according to UNC’s website.

North Carolina was a slave state, don't we need to change it the state name?

 

[dobre_shunka]

This one has a long way to go before they actually will change it. The "protest" yesterday had 12 or so people and a professor of history at UNC has already said that history of the nickname isn't racist. It had an association with certain types of jobs and, naturally, some people who held those jobs were Confederate soldiers. It's akin to calling for a boycott of Chevy Silverado pickups because a prominent Klan leader drove one at one point.

Having said that, all of this stuff starts somewhere, and like forest fires it spreads really quickly. Trump was laughed at last year when he said "What's next, George Washington?" and that's exactly what is happening.

The thing that may cause this to stall out is the students not being on campus. However with the Silent Sam statue gone, they will need something else to protest about when the students return. It's not necessarily the issue that matters but keeping an element outraged and actively protesting.

 

[508mikey]

North Carolina was a slave state, don't we need to change it the state name?

why dont black people with last names like Washington, Jackson, Jefferson etc change their names ?

 

[dobre_shunka]

why dont black people with last names like Washington, Jackson, Jefferson etc change their names ?

Arnold Jackson has a response to that comment.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

As a man with a small amount of Irish descent, I believe Notre Dame's problematic nickname requires a change. We Irish are not all angry, fighting, midget drunks and I cannot stand for the injustice of being represented in such a way, especially given the way Irish people were treated around the turn of the 1900s.

Go back to your safe place if you are serious.

 

[ButchPlz]

Go back to your safe place if you are serious.

You know I'm not serious, I don't experience fragility like so many others in our society.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

North Carolina was a slave state, don't we need to change it the state name?

Cancel the whole state.

 

[hmhawk]

I ain't gonna be around a long time. I hope a school administration or a municipality grow a pair befor the good Lord calls me home.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

I ain't gonna be around a long time. I hope a school administration or a municipality grow a pair befor the good Lord calls me home.

Little chance of that now. It’s only going to get worse.

 

[Model12]

If Vandy’s name is not changed to candy, then include me as highly offended.

I concur. Let's also attack georgia for tormenting an ugly leghumper as a mascot. After all in the modern world, bulldogs are people too. They got feelings...

 

[05_never_again]

why dont black people with last names like Washington, Jackson, Jefferson etc change their names ?

I mean, a lot have. Muhammad Ali thought "Clay" was a "slave name."

 

[IPleadInsanity]

If Vandy’s name is not changed to candy, then include me as highly offended.

Cornelius Vanderbilt was known for his contempt for women, names got to go!

 

[dobre_shunka]

Cancel the whole state.

Our "governor" is giving it his best shot with his never ending shutdowns.

 

[tbh]

I thought it was the Indians that were offended by Redskins name -- picture shows a group of radicals dressed as wannabe cops

Cops? Indians? Add in a few folks dressed as a construction worker, a cowboy, and a few others...they might just have a music group.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

So, cougars are most likely going to be offended with BYU? Not talking about the mountain lion either.

 

[ButchPlz]

Cornelius Vanderbilt was known for his contempt for women, names got to go!

The namesake clearly passed along this trait to the athletes at the school.

 

[Cmacsmokey]

The Crimson Tide offends me

 

[BUBear]

Have these woke fool never heard of the Tar River?

Tar River - Wikipedia

Of course they haven't... they're fools.

One Confederate yelled out, "Hello boys, what’s the matter?" The reply from the disgusted Yankee soldier was, "We have heard of Tar River all our lives but never believed that there really was any such place, but damned if we haven’t found it, the whole bed of it is tar!"[1]

 

[BUBear]

Cops? Indians? Add in a few folks dressed as a construction worker, a cowboy, and a few others...they might just have a music group.

It's fun to stay at the YMCGay

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

North Carolina was a slave state, don't we need to change it the state name?

The way things are going, people will try to change South Carolina to Lower North Carolina just because it has South in its name.

 

[oz615]

Looks like it's UNC's turn.

Does UNC’s ‘Tar Heels’ name celebrate the Confederacy? Some think it’s time for change.

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“If you call yourself a Tar Heel … you’re cheering for the essence of white supremacy,” Thorpe said. He said it’s like saying “Go Confederate soldiers!” or “It’s a great day to be a Confederate soldier.”

NC history professor Jim Leloudis said the origin of the “Tar Heels” name is complicated and convoluted. He is also co-chair of the university’s Commission on History, Race & A Way Forward, tasked with helping the university reckon with its history. “It’s hard to untangle,” Leloudis said. “The term, at first, is derogatory in terms of race and class, then gets turned into a symbol of Confederate pride and loyalty.”

UNC also mentions the term Tar Heels in connection to the Civil War.
“During the Civil War, North Carolina soldiers flipped the meaning of the term, and turned an epithet into an accolade. They called themselves ‘tar heels’ as an expression of state pride. Others adopted the term and North Carolina became widely known as the ‘Tar Heel State,’” according to UNC’s website.

i mean good dang grief when is enough is enough,i mean its like folks are just intentionally finding something to whine and cry about just for the of whining and crying.

 

[BUBear]

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i mean good dang grief when is enough is enough,i mean its like folks are just intentionally finding something to whine and cry about just for the of whining and crying.

Thank Obama and the Cambridge police. They all acted stupidity!!!

 

[ButchPlz]

Have these woke fool never heard of the Tar River?

Tar River - Wikipedia

Of course they haven't... they're fools.

Anyone that claims to be 'woke' is likely highly uneducated, no matter what degree they have. Just look at the things they major in if they do decide to go to college on the taxpayer dime.

The black populations that have low education rates should be blaming their local (largely democrat) governments for hacking away at school funding and doing nothing to improve school cultures in their neighborhoods. In the city I'm in, for instance, our locality is taking a hit on tax income due to COVID.

Q: What did our (again, democrat, with multiple black councilors and a black mayor) government elect to do?
A: Cut school funding to the largely black schools here, and increase funding for their buddies that run literally useless non-profits and 'social' programs.

 

[n_huffhines]

Anyone that claims to be 'woke' is likely highly uneducated, no matter what degree they have. Just look at the things they major in if they do decide to go to college on the taxpayer dime.

The black populations that have low education rates should be blaming their local (largely democrat) governments for hacking away at school funding and doing nothing to improve school cultures in their neighborhoods. In the city I'm in, for instance, our locality is taking a hit on tax income due to COVID.

Q: What did our (again, democrat, with multiple black councilors and a black mayor) government elect to do?
A: Cut school funding to the largely black schools here, and increase funding for their buddies that run literally useless non-profits and 'social' programs.

Hopefully your making a baseless, sweeping generalization is not an accurate reflection of your level of education. The divide doesn't just exist because you know stuff they don't know. They know stuff you don't know, too. It's why you have different perspectives.