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The Daily Show deems city seal racist, pressures town to change it
Posted on 1/23/16 at 8:56 am
Posted on 1/23/16 at 8:56 am
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Because the millions of other people should decide what the town seal is.
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The Daily Show's Jessica Williams has made her mark on history: Last night, Williams said that Whitesboro, New York, is working to change its controversial "racist" seal after weeks of public pressure, including from The Daily Show.
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Whitesboro's residents say the seal depicts Hugh White, the town's founder, and an Oneida Indian in a friendly wrestling match. But the symbol has drawn criticism from around the country for looking like a white man choking a Native American.
Williams and The Daily Show apparently got involved in the controversy last week, when they proposed alternatives to the seal that the town voted on. The meeting over the unofficial vote had some pretty awkward moments — including a man calling Williams, a black woman, "a negro."
But the town ultimately voted not to change the seal.
"This is blowing up my brain right now. Do you guys just hate American Indians?" Williams asked the town's mayor, who argued that the town is merely preserving its history. "But if there are millions of people outside of the town telling you that the seal is racist, wouldn't it do you a service to listen to them?"
Because the millions of other people should decide what the town seal is.
This post was edited on 1/23/16 at 9:00 am
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Posted on 1/23/16 at 8:58 am to NYNolaguy1
That seal. 
Posted on 1/23/16 at 8:59 am to NYNolaguy1
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Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:03 am to NYNolaguy1
That looks like something out of Parks and Rec
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:04 am to NYNolaguy1
Hugh White is my new hero.
Seriously though, frick the Daily Show. That piece of trash has been nothing more than a liberal mouthpiece since Craig Kilborn left.
Seriously though, frick the Daily Show. That piece of trash has been nothing more than a liberal mouthpiece since Craig Kilborn left.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:05 am to NYNolaguy1
My friend just moved there because of the symbol. Other benefits are he gets out of BR traffic and his wife got a nice job at a vet but mainly because of the symbol.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:05 am to NYNolaguy1
Looks like the injun is choking the white man also
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:07 am to NYNolaguy1
They will cave. They always cave.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:09 am to NYNolaguy1
The seal needs to be changed because it's stupid. F all that racism SJW bullshite.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:11 am to NYNolaguy1
The seal reminds me of
"I can't quit you..."
"I can't quit you..."
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:13 am to NYNolaguy1
The picture doesn't even really show him choking the Indian, imo. It looks more like he's grabbing his shoulders.
The guy's hands are below the Indian's Adam's Apple.
The guy's hands are below the Indian's Adam's Apple.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:14 am to NYNolaguy1
Interesting Fact:
Oneida Indians gave Hugh White the Indian name of....HeWhoRapesUs.
Hugh "HeWhoRapesUs" White is also believed to be an ancestor of Trillhog.
Oneida Indians gave Hugh White the Indian name of....HeWhoRapesUs.
Hugh "HeWhoRapesUs" White is also believed to be an ancestor of Trillhog.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:21 am to NYNolaguy1
hard to say what kind of shenanigans are going on there
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:26 am to NYNolaguy1
Indiana wrestling is racist????
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:39 am to NYNolaguy1
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:40 am to NYNolaguy1
i dnt buy the story of the seal
its a settler choking an indian, thats not wrasslin.
had they btoh been standing, arm in amr, ok, i get it. that is a choke job gone bad
its a settler choking an indian, thats not wrasslin.
had they btoh been standing, arm in amr, ok, i get it. that is a choke job gone bad
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:45 am to NYNolaguy1
I think it's funny because it looks like a 5th grader drew it... 
Posted on 1/23/16 at 9:54 am to NYNolaguy1
As a lifelong resident of Whitesboro I support our proud commemoration of the historic first North American inter-racial, cross-cultural Man-Love.There is actually a series of seals that has the Native American in the more traditional rear doggy position. That's how our settlers rolled. Jessica Williams is a racist homophobe.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 10:04 am to NYNolaguy1
Just change it, who really cares?
I feel like we're losing the forest for the trees on this one.
I feel like we're losing the forest for the trees on this one.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 10:19 am to NYNolaguy1
Have all of the Indian tribes formerly apologized to each other for the hundreds of years trial conflict that occurred before any white man stepped foot on this land?
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