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Daniel Boone Resembles Racism/Sexism?

OscarB63

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OscarB63 said:
yeah...I don't get it. what about Daniel Boone could be offensive? maybe it's because he wore a COON skin cap? I swear, some people have nothing better to do than sit around all day looking for something to be offended by.
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It's ridiculous.
 
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“Boone was a polarizing figure that did not reflect the growing diversity of the UD community, but rather was an image that many women, persons of color, international students and faculty members found difficult to relate to as defining the pioneering spirit,” Chancellor Robert Coombe said in a March letter to the school community.
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This is by far the stupidest statement I've read all year.

What's next? Is George Washington going to have be taken off of the dollar bill because a bunch of overly sensitive morons just can't "relate?" :roll:

"Political correctness" can go f*ck itself for all I care. The simple fact of the matter is that national heritage trumps hurt feelings.

If an actual pioneer cannot be said to "define the pioneer spirit" simply because he happens to have been a white male (incidentally, the overtly racist and sexist implications of the school's line of reasoning here are pretty staggering) what on Earth can?
 
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OscarB63 said:
I swear, some people have nothing better to do than sit around all day looking for something to be offended by.
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I am offended by that statement. Paypal me some reparations. :cool:
 
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