http://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-students-explain-implications-of-boomer-sooner-amid-campus-organizations-decisions-to-change-names/article_29c859e0-d0e4-11ea-8522-63672fd0af5e.html?fbclid=IwAR0miLHhbcKns3UqF5_sZeI-JRC-E2HWWiemUOUd-ZzLQTMzK-_922m3QsQ
When OU's "Soonerthon" changed its name to OU Dance Marathon, it was met with backlash from members of the OU community.
On Twitter, one community member expressed her opinion on the matter saying that anyone offended by the phrase "boomer sooner" should transfer schools. After she received backlash from other students, she deleted the tweet.
Crispin South, a computer science junior and member of the Choctaw Nation, said that mindset stems from a lack of knowledge about the history of the terms "boomer" and "sooner."
"(The) removal of Native people is where the terms 'boomer' and 'sooner' come from," South said. "When those terms are referenced without acknowledging the proper historical context, that brings up the historical trauma that's present for a lot of Indigenous people."
Can you imagine being that much of a little ***** that those words would come out of your mouth?
Surely there are racist undertones to Sic 'Em Bears that haven't been discussed
Didn't slave owners used to 'Sic' their dogs on runaway slaves...I don't think it's too much of a reach to think that a slave owner might have used a bear to punish runaway slaves in the absence of a dog
Also 'bear' is a term used in the gay community to describe a hairy homo....Doesn't Sic 'Em Bears promote violence in the gay community????
When OU's "Soonerthon" changed its name to OU Dance Marathon, it was met with backlash from members of the OU community.
On Twitter, one community member expressed her opinion on the matter saying that anyone offended by the phrase "boomer sooner" should transfer schools. After she received backlash from other students, she deleted the tweet.
Crispin South, a computer science junior and member of the Choctaw Nation, said that mindset stems from a lack of knowledge about the history of the terms "boomer" and "sooner."
"(The) removal of Native people is where the terms 'boomer' and 'sooner' come from," South said. "When those terms are referenced without acknowledging the proper historical context, that brings up the historical trauma that's present for a lot of Indigenous people."
Can you imagine being that much of a little ***** that those words would come out of your mouth?
Surely there are racist undertones to Sic 'Em Bears that haven't been discussed
Didn't slave owners used to 'Sic' their dogs on runaway slaves...I don't think it's too much of a reach to think that a slave owner might have used a bear to punish runaway slaves in the absence of a dog
Also 'bear' is a term used in the gay community to describe a hairy homo....Doesn't Sic 'Em Bears promote violence in the gay community????