As you’re filling out those college applications and running yourself silly on the field to impress college scouts, have you taken the time to stop and smell the racism? We have smelled it for you and it stinks.
Following are the top 5 Most Racist College Nicknames in no particular order.
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University of North Carolina Tar Heels: When the British soldiers crossed the Tar River during the American Revolutionary War, it is said that they emerged black, therefore nicknamed “tar heels.” Could UNC get away with a monkey as their mascot as well? |
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Florida State University Seminoles: FSU’s official war chant is titled “massacre”. The spectators rise during the chant and pretend to chop each other to bits, trivializing Native American culture. But have no worries, if you are visiting Florida and a white man with his face painted comes running at you, making a chopping motion, just laugh and yell “Go Seminoles,” it is all in good fun. |
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University of New Mexico Lobos: The UNM staff is slick. Lobo is the Spanish word for wolf, but also the synonym of Zambo. Lobo/Zambo is a derogatory term used to describe a racial class in Colonial Mexico, the offspring of slaves. |
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Indiana University Hoosiers: If you’re running about town in Bloomington, IN and someone screams “Hoosiers,” pound your chest then put your fists in the air.
If you’re running about town anywhere else in the country and someone screams “Hoosiers,” brace yourself for a fight. They are calling you “white trash.” |
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Kansas University Jayhawks: Cute, furry blue bird – I think not. Jayhawkers are notoriously known for setting an entire town aflame in support of Kansas’ admission to the union as a slave state. Maybe a more appropriate mascot would be Klan member with a Molotov cocktail. |