Rutland school board settles on ‘Rutland’ as the name for school sports teams - VTDigger
vtdigger.orgSubmitted by Loudergood t3_109l2hn in vermont
wholeWheatButterfly t1_j4170x6 wrote
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I mean, you can say what you want about its meaning now, but it was originally very racist in origin. Read old news articles and it's all, "the Raiders brought in more scalps at the game this weekend...", like, come on.
fjwjr t1_j41bp3f wrote
Um, when you search definitions you get everything from Vikings, to ships, to pirates, to Civil War. So this is literally just a case of cherry picking your outrage.
wholeWheatButterfly t1_j41bv9z wrote
No, I'm saying, articles about the Rutland Raiders specifically. That is the opposite of cherry picking lol. Like, Vermont newspapers had headlines about the Rutland Raiders scalping their competition.
fjwjr t1_j41e226 wrote
OK, so now that’s two words that are not necessarily ‘native’ to Native Americans. See how ridiculous this is getting?
wholeWheatButterfly t1_j41ep4b wrote
The practice of scalping is very much in reference to the mass murder of Native Americans.
fjwjr t1_j41h8nv wrote
It’s been done by cultures around the world for 5,000 years…
wholeWheatButterfly t1_j41i23v wrote
And?
fjwjr t1_j41k61z wrote
Exactly
inthepines3000 t1_j41opa3 wrote
No. This is Vermont before 2015 we're talking about. Of course it was racist. Same argument they made about Rebels at SB. Though the flag of choice at SB games was of the Confederate variety.
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