tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4067704187020832820..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: No politics in Chasco's stereotypes?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-31388684539542368992010-03-19T15:39:34.096-07:002010-03-19T15:39:34.096-07:00Interesting comaparison with the SCA. Most SCA kni...Interesting comaparison with the SCA. Most SCA knights are serious historians. The ones that get in the newspapers are often fools. I was in the SCA for many years, and by taking on a Native American persona, I educated a lot of people as to our actual history. And I discovered that many people react badly to having their cherished fictions explode in their faces.Linde Knightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856372022085252106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-92004030254740359072010-03-18T05:29:34.006-07:002010-03-18T05:29:34.006-07:00For more on the Chasco Krewe's implicit messag...For more on the Chasco Krewe's implicit message, see <a href="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/2010/03/columnist-shows-how-racists-view.htm" rel="nofollow">Columnist Shows How Racists View Indians</a>.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-56541094272522128282010-03-17T08:25:39.458-07:002010-03-17T08:25:39.458-07:00I find it interesting that the Chasco Krewe is a c...I find it interesting that the Chasco Krewe is a club that membership is by invitation only. Before I read that article, I had no idea who or what it was. Their website doesn't give much information on the mission or goals of their group.<br /><br />I find it disturbing that in this day and age, with educational opportunities and information at your fingertips, people still find the need to create a group based on unreal and fantastical notions of what it means to be Native American. I see a similarity between this group and those groups and clubs that get together to play knights of the round table. Except that, that type of historic reinactment no longer has an impact on modern society's veiwpoint and overall attitude towards a specific group of people. (Unless, of course, one feels the need to put the Renaissance and knights or yor players in the stereotype catagory. Which is a completely different discussion all together.)<br /><br />I think the point made is very valid. When individuals see it fit or acceptable to depict or appropriate another culture, there seems to always be the problem with proper representation and enforcing stereotypical impression--which inlies the core of the problem.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00175013069319268091noreply@blogger.com