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And what about those offensive La Salle Explorers?

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The answer? No.

“We haven’t had any objection to the use of the Quaker,” said Janis Shields, the AFSC’s director of media and public relations. “Kind of like Quaker oatmeal.”

Shields added that the Quakers in general “haven’t as a group been discriminated against or targeted against” in the way that some Native American tribes have been in terms of mascot use. (Emphasis mine.)

Clearly, she’s forgetting that dark moment in American history, the Trail of Oats.

Is Penn’s Quaker offensive? [DP]
 
dmac | 9:21 AM | 3 Comments
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  1. Anonymous Says: Feb 13 12:10 AM

    he grins like an idiot. the old quaker looked like a boy stalker though. good thing they changed him up.

  2. Anonymous Says: Aug 11 2:25 PM

    Quakers not discriminated against or targeted? Au contraire. Quakers were persecuted in England and New England
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_history
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dyer

  3. Anonymous Says: Aug 11 2:26 PM

    Anyone who thinks Quakers weren’t persecuted doesn’t know much about the history of New England.

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