Daily Archives: April 10, 2014

3 posts

#NotYourMascot, #Not4Sale: Protesting Anti-Native Mascots

The recent and short-lived #CancelColbert campaign caused much controversy over whether the joke was offensive to Asian-Americans.  Lost in the #CancelColbert fervor was the fact that Colbert’s joke meant to mock Dan Snyder’s Original Americans Foundation, widely thought to be a PR tactic to appease Native Americans and others who oppose the name “Washington Redskins.” Continue reading

The Challenge: Free Agents Pre-Cap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDYu-ov8x2k

Ok, get your “is this show still on?” jokes out of the way now, because yes, yes, it is. And EthologyNerd and I will be here all season to recap all the episodes. But I know you either don’t watch or haven’t watched in several years, so I’m going to give you a little background/insight to what this season will be about. Continue reading