The resolution condemns the use of the Washington NFL team's name and logo, which refers to an unacceptable racial slur offensive to Native Americans, at an upcoming Vikings game to be held at the University of Minnesota's stadium. It urges the university to prohibit the name's use and ensure the game is free from racist displays, by having the team use alternate uniforms and referring to them as the "Washington franchise". It also calls on the university to educate attendees on why the slur is offensive and unacceptable, and donate the rental income from the game to scholarships for Native American students.
The resolution condemns the use of the Washington NFL team's name and logo, which refers to an unacceptable racial slur offensive to Native Americans, at an upcoming Vikings game to be held at the University of Minnesota's stadium. It urges the university to prohibit the name's use and ensure the game is free from racist displays, by having the team use alternate uniforms and referring to them as the "Washington franchise". It also calls on the university to educate attendees on why the slur is offensive and unacceptable, and donate the rental income from the game to scholarships for Native American students.
The resolution condemns the use of the Washington NFL team's name and logo, which refers to an unacceptable racial slur offensive to Native Americans, at an upcoming Vikings game to be held at the University of Minnesota's stadium. It urges the university to prohibit the name's use and ensure the game is free from racist displays, by having the team use alternate uniforms and referring to them as the "Washington franchise". It also calls on the university to educate attendees on why the slur is offensive and unacceptable, and donate the rental income from the game to scholarships for Native American students.
AUTHOR: Clemon Dabney, Executive Vice President of COGS
WHEREAS, on November 2nd, 2014, the Minnesota Vikings are scheduled to host the Washington, D.C. franchise of the National Football League for a football game on the University of Minnesota campus at TCF Bank Stadium, and
WHEREAS, this NFL teams name and logo refers to an unacceptable racial slur that is disparaging and offensive to Native Americans and originates from a time when Native people were actively hunted and killed for bounties and their skins used as proof of an Indian kill, and
WHEREAS, every national Tribal organization, including the National Congress of American Indians, United South and Eastern Tribes, and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, as well as at least 50 more organizations that represent various groups of Native Americans have condemned the use of the Washington, D.C. mascot, passing resolutions in support of a name change, and
WHEREAS, at least twenty-three individual tribes across the country including the Navajo Nation, the largest tribe in the country, officially censure and oppose this name, as they find the Washington, D.C. football team name to be racially offensive and
WHEREAS, our state has a history of state sponsored genocide. An ad from Winona, Minnesotas Daily Republican, dated September 24, 1863. It promotes the financial reward for the murder of Native American men, women, and children. It states: The state reward for dead Indians has been increased to $200 for every red-skin sent to Purgatory. This sum is more than the dead bodies of all the Indians east of the Red River are worth. There is direct historical connection between this vile hate speech used 150 years ago to promote the killing of Native Americans for profit and the 21 st Century dehumanizing racial slur which the NFL profits from today, and WHEREAS, the TCF Bank Stadium is a publicly operated facility, financed by Minnesota taxpayers, and the State of Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota are obligated to ensure this facility is welcoming to all Minnesotans, including Native Americans, and is free from the public display or announcement of any racial slur, and WHEREAS, Minnesota has a strong Native American community and TCF Bank Stadium honors that community with a plaza recognizing each of our tribal nations, and
WHEREAS, one of those tribal nations, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, contributed $10 million toward the funding of this stadium, and
WHEREAS, graduate students pay $12.50 per semester to service the Universitys stadium debt, and
WHEREAS Vikings Facility Use Contract which states University and its employees and agents may refuse admission to the TCF Bank Stadium of (and remove from the TCF Bank Stadium) any person whose behavior violates any Applicable Law, Stadium Rule or right of others or is otherwise objectionable or improper in a material way. and thus insuring the University of Minnesota provides a racism free, welcoming and safe environment for all that does not violate the of Regents' Equity, Diversity, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action Policy, and
WHEREAS, President Kaler has expressed opposition to the use of the Washington teams name and logo within TCF Bank Stadium, and the presence of the Washington franchise on the University of Minnesota campus would be in violation of the Board of Regents' Equity, Diversity, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action Policy, and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the General Assembly of the Council of Graduate Students urges the University of Minnesota to condemn and prohibit the use of the Washington franchises name in connection with the Vikings use of TCF Bank Stadium, such as announcers at the game will refer to the team as the Washington franchise, ensuring the Washington team play in their throwback helmets and jerseys which do not have the offensive name or logos and that patrons are free from racist attire,
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, in addition, the General Assembly of the Council of Graduate Students urges the University to host a press conference at least two weeks prior to the game during which acceptable conduct should be reviewed, and that informs why the slur is offensive, and invokes sexual violence and racism,
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the General Assembly of the Council of Graduate Students urges the University to e-mail the University of Minnesota community with a reminder of our diversity and equity policies, summarizing the points raised at the press conference, and including information on reporting incidents of bias,
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the General Assembly of the Council of Graduate Students authorizes the Executive Board of the Council of Graduate Students to take all appropriate and legal necessary steps for achieving this goal, including the writing of a public letter condemning the use of this racial slur under the principles outlined in this resolution,
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the General Assembly of the Council of Graduate Students urges the University of Minnesota to donate its rental income ($250,000+) from this game to endow a scholarship dedicated to supporting Native American students in all departments in every college on the Twin Cities campus.
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