[Peace-discuss] News Gazette: Adios Illiniwak War Hoop!

[Boyle, Francis A]

The Racist Mascot: Why You Should Still Boo Illinois


The self-styled "Fighting Illini" of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are on their way to the Jan. 1, 2008 Rose Bowl with their racist and genocidal mascot and symbol Chief Illiniwak still in tow.  Although the NCAA  forced the University of Illiniwaks to prevent this Little Red Sambo from desecrating at half-times everything American Indians hold dear and treasure, nevertheless Chief Illiniwak still remains the officially designated "honored symbol" of the University of Illiniwaks at Urbana-Champaign. Just recently the University of Illiniwaks resurrected Chief Illiniwak for their Fall 2007 Homecoming in order to better  milk their  Alumni/ae as part of their newly launched Capital Campaign, thus definitively  proving their craven racism. In his Year 501: The Conquest Continues (1993) Noam Chomsky suggests an apt metaphor for such American Indian sports  mascots and symbols that I will elaborate upon here in order to conform to our local and most peculiar rites on this campus:



Suppose the Nazis had won the Second World War. Sixty years later, a prestigious German state university has a mascot for all of its sports teams and sports fans by the name of "The Rabbi." Basically what happens is that a student from the Hitler Youth League dresses up in an authentic costume for an Hasidic Rabbi, complete with the curl-locks and a beard. The University itself collectively call themselves "The Fighting Jews," and the school's band is called "The Marching Jews." The student newspaper is called "The Daily Jew."   All the sports fans in town wear jackets and t-shirts with pictures of The Rabbi prominently displayed on them. And most cars have Rabbi stickers planted all over them.  Three years ago the University's Board of Trustees ran out of town on a rail a courageous and principled Chancellor who had the temerity to publicly suggest that the time had now come to "retire" the Rabbi. So of course there was a heated campaign on among the students and alumni to "Save the Rabbi!"



This German state university plays its soccer matches over at the Nuremberg Stadium in front of an audience of about 75,000 White Aryans, almost all of whom are wearing pro-Rabbi images and clothes. At half-time the Marching Jews take to the stadium floor and begin playing what they purport to be Jewish sounding music along the lines of Fiddler-on-the-Roof. Then all 75,000 White Aryans rise as one and shout in unison: "Rabbi! Rabbi! Rabbi! Rabbi!" gesticulating wildly and working themselves up into a feeding frenzy. One lone faculty member sits there in protest shouting "Racist Rabbi!" and everyone in the vicinity proceeds to throw garbage at him.1



Finally, the moment these ardent White Aryans have all waited for has arrived. The Rabbi runs out onto the arena floor from among the Marching Jews, proceeds to the center of the Nuremberg Stadium, and dances the Hava Nagila while the Marching Jews play on and march into an intricately choreographed maneuver that they all brag about and take special pride in that culminates with the band being organized into a Swastika. So the Rabbi continues to dance the Hava Nagila while the Marching Jews march themselves into a Swastika. By now all 75,000 White Aryans are hysterical, shouting, screaming, and yelling: "Rabbi! Rabbi! Rabbi!" This semi-religious spectacle that the Nazis are well known for staging, especially at the Nuremberg stadium, goes on for a good twenty minutes. It all concludes with everyone joining hands to sing "Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles," with the Rabbi leading all 75,000 White Aryans in the song. Then the Rabbi proceeds to dance the Hava Nagila out of the stadium followed by the Marching Jews. Everyone goes wild, clapping and cheering. This Rabbi ceremony brings tears to the eyes of many drunken alumni and students who had started several hours beforehand getting inebriated on schnapps and good German beer at pre-game tailgate parties.



When it is all over, a visiting law professor from another country asks his host at the soccer match what this spectacle was all about. Without missing a beat Dean Mengele of the Law School turns to his guest and says: "We are honoring the Jews." Whom the Nazis had just exterminated 60 years ago, so of course the memory of the Jews needs to be honored by this spectacle. The Illiniwek Indians were ethnically cleansed out of Illinois about a century before that. These are the real "Little Eichmans." Be sure to "Boo!" and root against the Illiniwaks.




Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (phone)
217-244-1478 (fax)
(personal comments only)

From: Boyle, Francis A
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Subject: RE: News Gazette: Adios Illiniwak War Hoop!

AS I already told you, but it bears repeating. I had researched a Section 1983 Civil Rights Lawsuit against the University of Illiniwaks on behalf of our American Indian Students Faculty and Staff that I was going to file with the Native American Bar Association up in Chicago over Chief Illiniwak. Then Stephen Kaufman (mentioned in the article today) got the bright idea to file a Complaint with the NCAA. It got rid of the White Racist Frat Boys dancing at half times to desecrate all that American Indians hold Sacred.  Obviously their Sacred Sports Programs were and still are infinitely more important to the University of Illiniwaks than the civil rights and the human rights of our American Indian Students, Faculty and Staff. And now American Indians have been basically ethnically cleansed off of this campus because our local Zionists pressured the University of Illiniwaks to fire Steven Salaita. So here we are with no fake war whoop but  almost no real Indians. And the rest of Little Red SAmboism still prevails on this campus and in this community after over 10 years. Oskee! Bow! Wow! Forever!

Fab


Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (phone)
217-244-1478 (fax)
(personal comments only)

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Subject: RE: News Gazette: Adios Illiniwak War Hoop!

So notice that it took them over 10 years just to get rid of the Illiniwak War Hoop. But everything else is still there. Oskee! Bow! Wow! Forever! These constant emails we all get promoting "diversity" and "inclusiveness" etc are all  bull-twaddle and they know it. Ditto for the Palestinians. Fab.


Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (phone)
217-244-1478 (fax)
(personal comments only)

From: Boyle, Francis A
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Subject: News Gazette: Adios Illiniwak War Hoop!

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Don't believe all this bull-twaddle about everyone being out of the loop on this decision. As we found out years ago, every decision concerning Chief Illiniwak comes from the highest level of the University of Illinwaks Administration-up to and including the Board of "Trustees {sic!-not for People of Color}."
Oskee! Bow! Wow! Forever! Fab.
From: NatNews at yahoogroups.com<mailto:NatNews at yahoogroups.com> [mailto:NatNews at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Schmidt
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 7:23 PM
To: Native News <NatNews at yahoogroups.com<mailto:NatNews at yahoogroups.com>>
Subject: [NativeNews] Boyle's letter to U of I president

Dear President White:

You and the Board of Trustees must eradicate anything related to Indians
from the sports program: "Fighting Illini", "Oskeewowow," the TomTom beats,
the fake Indian Music from the 3 in 1 march and elsewhere in band
performances , the war paint, the feathers, the tomahawks, the Illiniwak
Logo, etc. In addition the University of Illinois must hold onto the
Illiniwak Logo and not transfer it to the White Racists and Bigots on the
so-called Council of Illiniwak Chiefs where they will continue to
perpetrate this desecration of Indians forever . You must also indicate
that you will vigorously prosecute anyone who violates your Trademark to
Chief Illiniwak. You must terminate all licenses for Chief Illiniwak. And
you must clear this racist Illiniwak garbage out of all University of
Illinois Buildings.

Little Red Sambo is finally gone--no thanks to you, the Board of Trustees,
the Chancellor, the Provost and previous Board Members, Presidents,
Chancellors and Provosts--except for Nancy Kantor whom you all summarily
ran out of town on a rail for doing the right thing for American Indians.
But now you and the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor and the Provost
must concentrate on getting rid of all elements of Little Red Samboism from
this campus. Based upon prior experience, I will not hold my breath. But we
will keep coming after you all until you do the right thing for American
Indians.

Professor Francis A. Boyle

cc: University of Illinois Board of Trustees

Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (Voice)
217-244-1478 (Fax)
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Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (phone)
217-244-1478 (fax)
(personal comments only)


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