Geez, what next...people will ALWAYS find SOMETHING to b.itch and moan about. Really! "Pioneering" in no way even is talking about "pioneers" in
this context...they need to wake up.
Originally posted by KrazyJethro
This is one crazy world we live in. Again the racial witch-hunters come out to play.
NU's new tagline stirs debate
By AMBER BROZEK / DN Assignment Writer
February 17, 2004
Cynthia Willis-Esqueda and her students have been studying the nature of stereotypes.
Recently their studies were applied to a familiar stereotype: the meaning and origin of the pioneer.
Upon hearing the new University of Nebraska tagline "Pioneering New Frontiers," Willis-Esqueda, coordinator of Native American Studies at UNL and associate professor of psychology and ethnic studies, raised a red flag.
She's not alone. Other University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty leaders have questioned the use of the tagline, calling it exclusionary and possibly hurtful toward North America's first inhabitants.
"There were people here before the pioneers," Willis-Esqueda said. "They have always been here and are still here. And the tagline doesn't include them."
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