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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3295300" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Oklahoma student gov ditches ‘Boomer’ and ‘Sooner’ for more ‘sensitive’ words. </p><p></p><p>The University of Oklahoma has traditionally used various combinations of the words “Boomer” and “Sooner” in nicknames, mascots, and chants.</p><p>The words refer to early Oklahoma settlers, but some say they are offensive to Native Americans.</p><p>In light of this claim, the student government is making an effort to remove any reference to the words in their operations.</p><p></p><p>According to the OU Daily, the Undergraduate Student Congress met Nov. 12 to mandate a name change for the “Sooner Freshman Council”, citing the words “boomer” and “sooner” as offensive to the Native American community.</p><p></p><p>The bill asserts that the word “Sooner” is “harmful to those who identify American Indian, or of Native/Indigenous descent,” and that on-campus groups need to pick a more “sensitive” name within the first two weeks of fall 2020 semester.</p><p></p><p>Read more: <a href="https://campusreform.org/?ID=14011" target="_blank">https://campusreform.org/?ID=14011</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3295300, member: 5412"] Oklahoma student gov ditches ‘Boomer’ and ‘Sooner’ for more ‘sensitive’ words. The University of Oklahoma has traditionally used various combinations of the words “Boomer” and “Sooner” in nicknames, mascots, and chants. The words refer to early Oklahoma settlers, but some say they are offensive to Native Americans. In light of this claim, the student government is making an effort to remove any reference to the words in their operations. According to the OU Daily, the Undergraduate Student Congress met Nov. 12 to mandate a name change for the “Sooner Freshman Council”, citing the words “boomer” and “sooner” as offensive to the Native American community. The bill asserts that the word “Sooner” is “harmful to those who identify American Indian, or of Native/Indigenous descent,” and that on-campus groups need to pick a more “sensitive” name within the first two weeks of fall 2020 semester. Read more: [URL]https://campusreform.org/?ID=14011[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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