the 5 most racist college nicknames
i stumbled across an interesting blog post about the ‘history’ of college nicknames in america. if the article is true, and we all know that what you read on the internet needs to be double-checked first, then i learned some neat things, although one of the commenters disagrees.
the five included were:
- university of north carolina - tar heels
- florida state - seminoles
- university of mexico - lobos
- indiana university - hoosiers
- kansas university - jayhawks
(via campussqueeze)
interestingly, it got me thinking about other racist american institutions like aunt jemima pancake syrup (it’s still good, though) and the cleveland indians baseball team mascot (smiling bafoonery).
what do you guys think? can you think of any others?
should these images be retired, or are they a part of our history?




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