A writer for americanthinker.com recently speculated that
the Minnesota Vikings National Football League team would come under fire for
its “Vikings” team name during the lead-up to the Super Bowl…should the squad
make it to the Big Game. If you ponder that, in light of everything else that’s
happened on the political-correctness front lately, it doesn’t seem
far-fetched. He listed three primary reasons for his belief:
One,
Minnesota has a relatively low percentage of blacks among its population. (Although
the African-American population is growing quickly, fueled by Somali immigrants
attracted by the state’s generous welfare benefits). Two, no members of the
team have taken a knee during the National Anthem. (Translation: The team’s
players aren’t sufficiently, ostentatiously behind the Black Lives Matter
Movement). And three, the Vikings logo is the “only major-league sports logo
that features an explicitly Caucasian image.” Therefore, he asserts,
progressives will start smelling racism. He opines: “Stand by for lots of
stories on how few Somalis in Minnesota can afford tickets, and how
overwhelmingly Caucasian are the crowds that attend games.”
The original
Vikings were not only apparently un-oppressed themselves, they were the
oppressors in many instances. Raiding and plundering, sacking and looting. So
we’ve been told, anyway. (Some historians even believe they pillaged as far
south as modern-day Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia).
Moreover,
the team hails from “The Great White
North,” where it’s white with snow
much of the year. In fact, sometimes it snows so hard, there are “white outs.” There are many in the state
who hold white collar jobs, though it
has its fair share of white trash,
too. The Twin Cities even have a suburb named “White Bear Lake!” And isn’t the word “north” itself really just a
euphemism for white? White, white, white, white, white…white! Get the picture?
If
Denver University is getting pressured to drop its “Pioneers” nickname (see my
post of January 10, “Pioneers No More?”), surely “Vikings” should be discarded.
That moniker is made even more offensive in that is has “kings” in it. A male
sovereign. Are you kidding me? Is this the 1600s? And the logo…horns? Really? Aggressive males with horns? Horny males? Every
self-respecting leftist should feel like a victim of sexual harassment just by
glimpsing the team’s helmets or logo. #MeToo!
But,
before we fall into despair, just think of what could be. The team could be shamed into doing the right thing, and actually
become a beacon of hope and inclusion, a positive force for tolerance and good.
It could renounce masculinity and violence, competitiveness and judgement. How,
you ask? The team could keep the purple color scheme and simply replace the
horns on its player’s helmets with transgender symbols…and change its name to
the Minnesota Pride. How awesome
would that be?! And what a statement
for equality! Purple Pride, baby! Gay Pride! Transgender Pride! Lesbian Pride!
Bisexual Pride! Polyamorous Pride! Two-spirited Pride! Everyone Who Has Ever
Felt Marginalized By The White, Straight, Christian Male Hierarchy Pride!
Alternately,
the organization could be rebranded as the “Bi-Queens,” and the formerly iconic-
but hurtful- mascot “Ragnar” could be supplanted by a drag queen named, say, Ru
Saint Paul.
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