And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From: "KOLA International Campaign Office" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>T
he use of racist mascots in sports and other racist logos and
packaging was the subject of a conference on 13, 14 and 15th
April, 1999 at the California State University in Los Angeles.
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> Date: Friday 16 April 1999 10:01:05
> From: Cornelia/Elija van den Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: KOLA International Campaign Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: mascot conference
>
> Hi there,
>
> I went to the Mascot conference last week. There was a panel
> which featured Charlene Teters (Spokane), discussing solutions to
> the racism in sports and the media. It was sponsored by the Coalition
> Against Racism in Sports and the Media and co-sponsored by the
> American Indian Student Alliance of California State University in Los
> Angeles.
> Amongst the decisions made was the one to take out a lawsuit
> against the Cleveland Indians Sports Team to get rid of their racist
> logo (Chief W*hoo).
> Just before this conference the news came through that the
> Coalitions had won their lawsuit against the Washington R*dsk*ns,
> which means they have lost their copyright protection and will lose
> millions of dollars in business because of it, which in other words will
> hurt them in their pockets, which probably hurts them the most.
> Other topics discussed were education initiatives to teach kids the
> truth about Indians by means of speakers and a First Nations tribal
> library and research center.
> About Charlene, she fought the University of Illinois's racist chief
> Illiniwek singlehandedly because she coudn't bear what it did to her
> children.
>
> Elija van den Berg
>
>
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