{"product_id":"seminole-mascot-osceola-the-seminole-tribe-and-their-celebration-by-florida-state-university","title":"Seminole Mascot:    Osceola, the Seminole Tribe, and their celebration by Florida State University","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Seminole Mascot\" is on the Native American mascot controversy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n\u003cp\u003eIn that controversy, FSU's fans, students and alumni, are all deemed Òracist.Ó\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd at least one activist has called the Seminole Òhang around the fort Indians,Ó because they let FSU use their name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so some activists put this controversy in terms of Ògood against evil.Ó  The evil - of course - is the unfeeling, all-encompassing ÒWhite Oppressor.Ó\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut the truth seems a bit more complex, as explored in the 27 chapters of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter is no more than three pages long, including notes, and is modeled after a newspaper-style column.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese 27 columns explore topics including the conflict between cherished First Amendment freedoms.  For example, here free speech is pitted against the right of a people to have their \"sacred images\" treated with respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough it all there is much to learn from the \"unconquered Seminole,\" prime examples of the kind of \"freedom and defiance\" we could use about now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44215549395105,"sku":"bcramer1168","price":24.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/12559j4g-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1713646300","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/seminole-mascot-osceola-the-seminole-tribe-and-their-celebration-by-florida-state-university","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}