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Blacksburgia webisode 18: The Mighty Mighty Blacksburg Indian

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Blacksburgia webisode 18:

The Mighty Mighty Blacksburg Indian

While digging through old relics of the early Blacksburg days, Freddy and Bridgette discover evidence that Blacksburg High School’s mascot used to be the Blacksburg Indian, including a cartoony caricature of a Native American warrior.  Under pressure from their new extremely politically correct boss, they rush to destroy all evidence that this was ever true.  After misplacing one of the relics, in a most farcical farce they fearfully suspect a conspiracy to expose the public to this most embarrassing fact, and hunt down the last remaining evidence that we used to be The Blacksburg Indians. Continue reading →

Today I celebrate Las Casas Day

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I am indebted to James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me in the creation of this post. Please take the time to read it if you are a teacher, interested in history, or are curious about what people have told you about the world and how much of it is true.

I will never celebrate Columbus Day. Well, I never really did celebrate Columbus Day. I mean, what do we do? Not anything really. It’s a wasted holiday that should be done away with immediately, and there wouldn’t be anything to miss if we did.
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