Last night, this sign went up at a McAdory High School football game.
I am absolutely disgusted that this sign was allowed to go up, and that it was not stopped by school administrators, and that after this, no one has mentioned it.
The school and the students have shown no remorse for the sign (as expected) and the students have claimed ignorance and/or that it was just a “joke”.
Sorry, but the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the death of thousands of Native Americans is not a fucking joke.
(Image description: football banner being held up which reads, “Hey Indians, get ready to leave in a Trail of Tears Round 2”)
WHAT THE FUCK. Signal boost, some people need to get fired for this shit.
It’s a harmless joke calm the fuck down damn where did everyone get the stick shoved up their ass from. Privileged fucks oooooohhh I’m such a good person for dwelling on something that happened almost 200 years ago hahaha I’m an ass but fuck you still
Genocide is not a joke and this image is not harmless. This community is telling Native Americans that the genocides committed against them are something they find amusing and threaten to do this again. This is dehumanizing and violent. Calming down won’t make this image any less harmful or make racism go away; and by telling Native peoples (and other people who are offended by this) to “calm down” you are attempting to silence us while promoting genocide against us.