Denver University ditches Mascot for being "too White"

University of Denver's "too White" mascot 'Boone'

This is yet another attack on White culture! The University of Denver has axed their mascot called 'Boone' (named after historic Daniel Boone) for being "too White"! A few years ago, there was a movement to have the 'shamrock' (4-leafed clover) labeled a "sign of hate" because of it's association with White heritage. Why is it okay to have pro-black, pro-Latino, pro-everything else, but it's considered "racist" and "hateful" to even have a white mascot?! There IS a war on white people today folks. You can either go along with it, or fight against it. Isn't it hypocritical how the people that call themselves "pro-diversity" and "multiculturalists" are the first ones to complain about things being "too White"?! It should be obvious to everyone by now that 'pro-diversity' simply means' anti-white'....M

DENVER | Many universities have come under pressure to reject their American Indian mascots, but in what may be a first, the University of Denver has ditched a non-Indian mascot on the grounds he wasn't sufficiently diverse.

A university committee gave the final axing in October to "Denver Boone," better known as Boone, a portly, chubby-cheeked cartoon character in a coonskin cap who represented the University of Denver Pioneers from 1968 to 1998.

"The old Boone figure is one that does not reflect the broad diversity of the DU community and is not an image that many of today's women, persons of color, international students and faculty and others can easily relate to as defining the pioneering spirit," Chancellor Robert Coombe said.

(According to Wikipedia.com The University of Denver has 10,953 students in 2008. Of the 10,953 students, 4,913 are undergraduates. The ratio of undergraduate women to men is 53:47. Of the class of 2008, 70.0% are White, 1.8% are Black, 6.8% are Hispanic, 5.2% are Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.7% are American Indian, 5.3% are international, and 9.1% are race/ethnicity unknown. I'd say 'Boone' represents the vast majority of the school!)

Boone, drawn by Walt Disney in 1968, was shelved in 1998 for his "lack of gender inclusiveness and the changing image of the university," according to the student newspaper, the Clarion.

Students and alumni have lobbied to bring back Boone ever since. A university survey taken earlier this year in response to a resurgent "bring back Boone" movement showed that 87 percent of student and alumni respondents held a favorable opinion of the pudgy pioneer and wanted to see his return.

The university put the mascot question last year before its History and Traditions Task Force, which decided to shelve Boone permanently after critics argued that he represented an era of Western imperialism and was offensive to women and minority groups.(Unless something is completely about so-called 'minorities', it's considered "hateful, racist, and offensive". What about White people?? Don't we matter at all??)

"The name 'Boone' is linked to Daniel Boone, and to people of Native American ancestry, it's sensitive because he was part of a movement that pushed Native Americans to the side," said Monica Kumar, president of the undergraduate student body.

"We are a university that has been very sensitive to diversity (aka "non-Whites") and one of our objectives is to be inclusive," said Miss Kumar, who sits on the committee. "And this was an opportunity for us to come together and show our inclusiveness."

Mike Rosen, a DU alumnus and Denver radio talk-show host and commentator, called the decision "annoying but not surprising."

"It's an example of the hyper-sensitive, politically correct epidemic in higher education as well as secondary education," said Mr. Rosen, who was not involved in the movement to resurrect Boone. "Are they going to do away with the name 'pioneer?' I would think that would be at least as offensive as the mascot."

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