Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Erasing and denigrating our proud history-----​Oklahoma student gov ditches ‘Boomer’ and ‘Sooner’ for more ‘sensitive’ words

​Oklahoma student gov ditches ‘Boomer’ and ‘Sooner’ for more ‘sensitive’ words
  • The University of Oklahoma has traditionally used various combinations of the words “Boomer” and “Sooner” in nicknames, mascots, and chants.
  • The words refer to early Oklahoma settlers, but some say they are offensive to Native Americans.
  • In light of this claim, the student government is making an effort to remove any reference to the words in their operations.
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