That's kind of a strawman. Nobody wants to erase them from history, nor is Chicago trying to deliberately demean them with the name. The problem is that the name and logo reduces Native Americans to a caricature, erasing their actual heritage and replacing it with a cartoon. At best, it's callously insensitive given that the tribes themselves are unanimous about their dislike of it. Who better to judge whether it's offensive or not?
They themselves. And as far as I know, they have been in constant contact with the Sauk tribe and they are totally fine with the logo and the name. End of f***ing story.
Marxism 101.
They themselves. And as far as I know, they have been in constant contact with the Sauk tribe and they are totally fine with the logo and the name. End of f***ing story.
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The biggest issue in modern world is people like you are offended for someone else.
I really don’t want to drag this thread through the drudgery of arguing this, but that’s quite some take, friend. I’ll just say this. They were already given a good go at being erased from history, and some tribes surely were. I’m sure there’s no solace for all the different original peoples in America knowing that people can remember them through team names and caricatures and entities that are worried more about their team’s identity than doing the right and respectful thing.
Logic in a vacuum without context. This is a preposterous exchange, I apologize for letting myself get suckered into it. Let’s talk actual hockey nonsense.
I'm sure that's the intention of it, I'm not saying that the organization is deliberately trying to make fun of them. But it's no longer appropriate to have a Native American Head as your logo, that defense didn't work for Chief Wahoo and it shouldn't work for the Hawks. You have to understand that the Hawks logo is different from the Oilers or the Islanders because the Hawks are using a representation of people that have already suffered a lot at our hands. Oil workers and Long Islanders don't exactly fall under the same category. The least we can do is stop reducing them to cartoon stereotypes in the name of "tribute", since they're asking them nicely.
They themselves. And as far as I know, they have been in constant contact with the Sauk tribe and they are totally fine with the logo and the name. End of f***ing story.
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Why we partner with the Chicago Blackhawks, how we share a positive relationship through programs like Veterans on the Ice, and the story of Chief Blackhawk.
The biggest issue in modern world is people like you are offended for someone else.
Dillingham is an undrafted player trying to make a name. The victim is a Leafs' top prospect.
Exactly. Which is why you don't display toughness and physicality on your own teammates. If that guy had a 1% chance of earning himself a contract, that just went to 0,00000000000000001%. If you are known for physicality and hits (which Dillingham apparently is, considering he has been indefinitely suspended by the OHL for an illegal hit), tough shit. Try something else. You don't hit your teammates like that, never.
It probably burned the bridge with the Leafs, but the hit increased his chance to earn himself a contract by a few percent across the league.
Their viability of playing in the NHL in ten years when that's what the rules are.
Hirvonen needs to not get killed, whether bums are making hits or not.
Hirvonen tries to pull those exact plays off in games and gets rocked too. Euro hockey doesn’t get as brutal as NA though… kid needs to learn to not do that ASAP. The hit in a scrimmage isn’t great, but if he does that in the season he’ll get rocked 10 times next season unless he’s out with a concussion.
