In the immortal words of Drill Sargent Hulka, "Lighten up, Frances".
On Friday, January 6, 2012, Liesl <li...@smm.org> wrote: > On Jan 6, 11:07 am, TSW <tsesun...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Are these tribes still extant? I wonder what it'd be like for a >> member of a tribe to see a bike named after his or her people. Would >> it be like seeing: >> >> "FS: 56cm Englishman" >> "Anyone put Hetres on a German?" >> "I really regret selling my Japanese. My new Canadian just isn't the >> same." >> "Stolen Egyptian" >> "American vs Russian: which should I buy? > > This is important. I work with Native people, and appropriation of > culture by Euro-Americans without asking is just not a good thing. > Note that the University of North Dakota officially discontinued its > use of the Fighting Sioux nickname the first of the year. Sorry to > get political here, but this is such a respectful community that I > feel I should pipe up. > > -liesl > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
