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Re: Is your computer dressed for Halloween?

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Re: Is your computer dressed for Halloween?

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Re: 10 Things in 2008

Craigslist Proxy — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:06:39 -0000

Some good points raised in that post. Will be back to check for more.

Re: 10 Things in 2008

Guest — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:25:19 -0000

I hope we all learn something new each and everyday. It is what helps to improve who we are.

Re: Link

Guest — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:26:30 -0000

Harvey, I have definitely researched this issue after you brought up your points, yet still feel my original thoughts hold true. Respectful portrayal of Native Americans is acceptable. Would you say that the New England Patriots' mascot is disrespectful of the Americans it portrays?

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Harvey Gunderson — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:46:09 -0000

Brianna, thanks for your willingness to rethink this issue. This is an issue that many people see as being "simple" at first glance but is actually very complex, as is true for most things involving race and different cultures. Few people are willing to spend the time to learn and understand about racial stereotypes, which makes it a slow process to get society to understand why these 'Indian' nicknames are innappropriate, especially in an educational environment where young people are developing their "identity". Thank you for being willing to try to understand this very complex issue.
Harvey Gunderson

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Brianna — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:48:28 -0000

Harvey, I had neglected to read your previous posts, but after doing so, I completely understand your points. They add an entirely new perspective to the discussion. Thanks for providing the information!

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Harvey Gunderson — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:38 -0000

Brianna, it simply isn't true that a race-based nickname-logo-mascot is acceptable if it's "portrayed in a respectful manner". The research of Dr. Fryberg (see my prior post) has determined that a "respectful" image has the same harmful psychological impact as a "disrespectful" one.
You again seem focused exclusively on "offensiveness" and that is only part of the problem. Please read my earlier post.
Harvey Gunderson

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Brianna — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:30:23 -0000

David -

Hey, this is Brianna from the Teen Voices meeting today. I found your blog off of the Voices blog - it's really cool!

You - and Dan - make an excellent point about the mascots though. I agree that if the mascot is portrayed in a respectful manner, there really is no problem there. Besides, in a way, every mascot could be taken as offensive in its own way - especially the Greek warrior! Unfortunately, there are many stereotypes out there, but as long as mascots don't feed into the ignorant stereotypes, there's no problem.

Well, just my opinion. But yeah. Pretty cool blog. So keep writing, and write for Voices! It'd be cool to see some of your opinions in print.

See you at the next Voices meeting!

:) Brianna

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Harvey Gunderson — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:36:31 -0000

Sorry about the delay in responding to your posts but I just saw your replies.

Let’s be specific. Niki, are you are referring to a nickname of "Spartans" or "Trojans" or “Warriors” with a Spartan/Trojan-type head as the logo? As an example, if your team was called "the Spartans” like the Michigan State Spartans or "the Trojans" like the UCLA Trojans, there is no Troy or Sparta any more as a city/society/culture. Do a google search on “Trojan culture” and “Spartan culture” and you can study what the culture was like at that time. As another example of an extinct culture, consider the Vikings. The Viking period ended about 900 years ago. While I am a descendent of Vikings, I am not a Viking. The Viking culture doesn’t exist today just as Spartan/Trojan/ancient Greek culture does not exist. While each ancient culture has had an effect on subsequent cultures as culture evolved over the centuries, there are no Trojans, Spartans or Viking walking the streets any more. Those ancient cultures no longer exist (and are therefore extinct because they no longer exist).

I note that you didn’t call your team “the Greeks” after the current people and culture, right? The Minnesota Vikings are similarly named after an extinct culture. To be named after living people, the team would need a name like “Minnesota Norwegians”.

No one asserted that Modern Greek culture doesn’t exist. Modern Greek culture exists, but it’s not “ancient Greek culture”. The two cultures differ from one another.

David, you asked for citations. I will answer your question four ways. First, the explicit empirical research you asked about is that of Dr. Stephanie A. Fryberg, currently a social psychology prof at the University of Arizona. The research results which I referred to and you asked about are in her Published dissertation, “Honor or harm: The effects of American Indian mascots on American Indian selves”.
Second, the following is important research: “Of Warrior Chiefs and Indian Princesses: The Psychological Consequences of American Indian Mascots’ by Stephanie A. Fryberg, Hazel Rose Markus, Daphna Oyserman, and Joseph M. Stone in Basic and Applied Psychology, 30:208-218, 2008
Third, if you wish to study the psychological effects of stereotypes, you will find her other research to be informative (as listed on her U of A website)::
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Stephanie Fryberg Tulalip, Ph.D., 2003, Stanford University) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Affiliate Faculty in American Indian Studies. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on cultural and social psychology. Her research interests focus on how social representations of race, culture, and social class influence psychological well-being, physical health, and educational attainment. Recent publications include, On being American Indian: Current and possible selves (with H. R. Markus, in Journal of Self and Identity), Racial ethnic self-schemas (with D. Oyserman, M. Kemmelmeier, H. Brosh, and T. Hart-Johnson, in Social Psychology Quarterly), and The possible selves of diverse adolescents: Content and function across gender, race and national origin (with D. Oyserman, in Possible selves: Theory, research, and application). Manuscripts currently in press include Models of education in American Indian, Asian American, and European American contexts (with H. R. Markus), Honor or harm: The effects of American Indian mascots on American Indian selves (with H. R. Markus, D. Oyserman, and J. M. Stone), The psychology of engagement with Indigenous identities: A cultural perspective (with G. Adams, D. M. Garcia, and E. U. Delgado), and The Psychology of Invisibility (with S. Townsend).
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Fourth, the 52 references listed in the APA Resolution Justification Statement are useful and informative.

In case you have any other questions, please e-mail me at gunderso@triwest.net. My wife is an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation and both she and I have been involved in teaching (her) or committees (me) regarding American Indian education at the university level for decades.

I hope this helps. The effects of stereotypes are complicated and ofter counterintuitive. Research has shown that European-Americans experience on average experience an increase in their self-esteem upon exposure to 'Indian' logos, which helps explain why so many non-Native people have difficulty understanding how American Indians could have a different experience.

Harvey Gunderson

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Guest — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:33:12 -0000

Harvey,
I absolutely agree with Nikki. 'Extinct' was probably not the best word choice in the scheme of things. Ancient Greek warriors may not be here anymore but the ancient Greek culture certainly lives on....in modern Greeks! Knowing this, you are saying Greeks do not have living current cultures. which is both ignorant and absurd.

Also, could you please cite this 'empirical' research proving that Native American supporters of these team names suffer more psychological harm than Native Americans against these names? I understand that organizations like the APA may condemn these types of names for civil rights reasons and for possible psychological harm to some Native Americans or to their race in general, but from my research have not published or recognized articles of the nature you explore.

Re: Link

Nikki Papadopoulos — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:29:57 -0000

Nice post, David! I agree completely.

Okay, wow, Harvey. Ancient Greeks are not 'extinct'! The Greek culture is still evident, and maybe even more then Native American. And if anything, when our (I'm from Liverpool High School myself) mascot was changed to to an Ancient Greek Warrior, I was proud and felt honored, not insulted. And I doubt any 'psychological harm' was done to any student. Kthxbai.

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Harvey Gunderson — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:33:24 -0000

All race-based school nicknames are harmful to students. None can be tolerated since all involve racial stereotyping. (Note that ancient Greek warriors are extinct but American Indians have living current cultures.)

Moreover, there is empirical research that has documented the psychological harm from these racial nicknames and logos. It is not only an issue of offensiveness but of psychological harm but also of psychological harm. Moreover, research determined that those American Indians who said they supported ‘Indian’ team nicknames actually suffered the greatest psychological harm, significantly greater than that suffered by American Indians who opposed ‘Indian’ team nicknames.

Re: Review: Speck ArmorSkin for iPod touch

Eric — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:03:30 -0000

I just bought this case and i really enjoy it thanks for your thoughts

Re: Telephone: not ancient history just yet!

Guest — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:08:01 -0000

Thanks for the nice comments, Sara!

Re: Telephone: not ancient history just yet!

Sara — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:17:36 -0000

Hi David~

Nikki told me about tada! so I thought I would check it out---

So I just wanted to say that it is really cool and funny and a really good use of my extra ten minutes that I had laying around.

In case you were wondering, I'm the Sara that sits in front of you in English. And a few rows across in French. Anyways.....

bye....

Sara

Re: Telephone: not ancient history just yet!

Chris V. — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:35:52 -0000

Hmm. I still personally prefer long conversations via smoke signals. There's just something about it...

Re: Customer Support? Try ‘Unsupported Customers.’

Greg — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:54:12 -0000

Time Warner's support is usually excellent, but we've never called them for an outage that involved other people's as well. My mom calls them for anything and everything- even when the spell-check got deactivated on her email.

Re: 5 Reasons Why I Love My Moleskine

Guest — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:24:48 -0000

That's funny :P

Re: 5 Reasons Why I Love My Moleskine

Guest — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:49:11 -0000

Can't believe I forgot to mention that! Yes, the page color is very nice on the eyes. The writing utensil seems to glide on the paper.

Re: 5 Reasons Why I Love My Moleskine

River Jiang — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:44:41 -0000

Nice post. I have to say that I agree with all of your points. I have almost the exact same kind, except without the lines.

Another awesome quality about the moleskine that you didn't mention in your post though is the nice, slightly yellow colour of the pages. It's very easy on your eyes, and the paper is a joy to write on—especially with pencil.

Re: 5 Reasons Why I Love My Moleskine

Guest — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:08:22 -0000

Very nice. I take my notes when I am away from the computer in longhand (I know, I need a blackberry, but I want to wait until the Google OS for phones comes out) and this is a perfect choice for a new notebook. Thanks for the post!

Re: Hubdub, the news prediction game

Guest — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:29:17 -0000

The PunditWatch looks really cool.

Re: Hubdub, the news prediction game

Nigel Eccles — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:12:08 -0000

Thanks for the write up. We've actually just released another feature called PunditWatch (http://punditwatch.hubdub.com) which uses Hubdub to track the predictions of A-list pundits like TechCrunch for tech, Perez Hilton for entertainment and Pat Buchanan for politics. I find it fascinating to see how they are performing.

On PopSci, that isn't real money. Either that or I haven't found the cash out screen yet :-). There are a couple of real money exchanges like Intrade and IEM but they don't have many markets.

Re: Hubdub, the news prediction game

Chris Voll — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:16:57 -0000

Interesting concept, but reminds me of the Popular Science Predictions Exchange. Except the PPX uses real money. http://ppx.popsci.com/