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Super Bowl LIV: The Erasure Bowl

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

A lot has been written about Kansas City’s use of the Chiefs as a mascot, with its various forms of “playing Indian”– tomahawk chops, the chant, etc. For more on the mascot issue– in fact, for a comprehensive review of … Continue reading →

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Pioneer landmarks: Celebrating and denying ethnic cleansing

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Stephen Carr Hampton

So my white friend is on a road trip and posting pics on Facebook. He likes history, so inevitably we start seeing those ubiquitous historical markers of pioneer struggles. Here’s just one example. Read it. It’s typical. The historical markers … Continue reading →

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Alt-history Part 2: The mound builder myth reborn, Nazis, and Solutreans

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Stephen Carr Hampton

  Continued from Alt-history Part 1: The mound builder myth and ethnic cleansing. The myth lives on The mound builder myth justified the ethnic cleansing of the 1800s. It was seemingly put to rest in 1894 just as Native Americans were … Continue reading →

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Using Native Americans to Sell Chicken in Africa: Mis-appropriation Goes Global

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

This is one of the best essays on cultural stereotyping I’ve read, and it comes from Busisiwe Deyi of South Africa, on the Africa Is A Country blog.  She writes about the Spur restaurant chain that uses Native American imagery … Continue reading →

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