UND Decides To Change “Fighting Sioux” Nickname
They’re going with something much more socially acceptable and offensive.
I, personally, never thought the name would change. But things happen, I guess.
The University of North Dakota, in an effort to appease the NCAA, has changed the name of it’s teams from “The Fighting Sioux” to “The Violent Italian Mafioso.”
The NCAA, sensitive to the use of the image of a Native American in an aggressive or “fighting” pose, is like many others in that they really like the use of Italian American images in the same position.
A spokesman for the NCAA, Sven Jorgensen, said “While we object to the use of aggressive images of Native Americans, the image of the violent Italian is very common in movies, television, and literature, and people seem to love it. I even think the Italians like it, bless their macaroni cooking hearts!
Now that the name’s changed to something that’s not in the least bit offensive, we can all just drop the issue.
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