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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 809987" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>Just spied this on the BBC website:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-36965975" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-36965975</a></p><p></p><p>Apparently an academic and native American history expert is calling for Exeter Chiefs to change their name as it promotes our colonial past and appropriates native American culture.</p><p></p><p>I can follow the point to an extent, but it seems like a step too far to me. It's not as if Exeter are celebrating the colonisation and I'm not convinced that cultural appropriation is a negative thing. Should the All Blacks be made to stop performing the haka as they're a diverse group appropriating one particular culture? Should the Cornish Pirates change name as they're celebrating the nefarious ways of their eye patch wearing namesakes?</p><p></p><p>IIRC, teams in the states have been under pressure to change their names (e.g. Braves and Redskins), but I don't know if anything has come of it. Come to think of it, the Fighting Irish is surely more offensive.</p><p></p><p>Thoughts anyone?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 809987, member: 58362"] Just spied this on the BBC website: [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-36965975[/URL] Apparently an academic and native American history expert is calling for Exeter Chiefs to change their name as it promotes our colonial past and appropriates native American culture. I can follow the point to an extent, but it seems like a step too far to me. It's not as if Exeter are celebrating the colonisation and I'm not convinced that cultural appropriation is a negative thing. Should the All Blacks be made to stop performing the haka as they're a diverse group appropriating one particular culture? Should the Cornish Pirates change name as they're celebrating the nefarious ways of their eye patch wearing namesakes? IIRC, teams in the states have been under pressure to change their names (e.g. Braves and Redskins), but I don't know if anything has come of it. Come to think of it, the Fighting Irish is surely more offensive. Thoughts anyone? [/QUOTE]
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