Herbie Husker is No Longer a Giant Racist

“Black Shirts”…

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Team colors:
White ,as in white supremacy and Red as in from killing people of color.

Shut the entire program down.
 
CoalTrain said:
“Black Shirts”…

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CoalTrain said:
Team colors:
White ,as in white supremacy and Red as in from killing people of color.

Shut the entire program down.
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It's actually Scarlet and Cream.

Scarlet as in your mom and cream as in what we just did to her.
 
Skerpokes said:
Herbie Husker no longer uses the OK sign

For almost 50 years, Herbie Husker has worn blue overalls, sported a big red cowboy hat and kept an ear of corn in his pocket.
For almost all that time, Herbie Husker has held a football in one hand and thrown up an “a-OK” sign with the other.
Now, Herbie’s left hand shows “we’re number one.”
The reason for that slight switch: Modern white supremacy. Internet trolls and hate groups have tried to turn the OK sign into a symbol of white power, claiming that the three fingers up form a W and the circle and wrist form a P.

This new meaning of “OK” was brought to the attention of Lonna Henrichs, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln athletic department’s licensing and branding director, in July 2020, just weeks after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. Floyd’s murder prompted racial reckoning and protests across the country — including counterprotests where members of hate groups flashed the sign.

“That hand gesture could, in some circles, represent something that does not represent what Nebraska athletics is about,” Henrichs said. “We just didn’t even want to be associated with portraying anything that somebody might think … means white power.

“We made that change as quick as we could.”

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Blackshirts BLVD said:
Doesn't bother me. Actually, thinking about it now... it seems kind of odd to have the 'a-ok' sign up.

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The one of the left looks like he is pinching a roach... about to take the last puff of the joint. Somehow appropriate for the current state of Nebraska Football.
 
Blackshirts BLVD said:
It's actually Scarlet and Cream.

Scarlet as in your mom and cream as in what we just did to her.
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Can’t even say the WORD white… Denial ain’t just a river..
 
steelerssb said:
I have a funny feeling the OK sign being racist never would've escaped the dark corner of the Internet it originated from if people looking to be offended didn't seek it out and give it attention.
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Yes. The Streisand Effect strikes again.
 
Wishbone said:
I miss Little Red

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My high school's team is the Chiefs. My best friend is a HUGE Cherokee Indian (6' 2" tall and pushing 400 lbs.). I nicknamed him "Chief" when we were in grade school and it has stuck the rest of his life. Strongest human being I have ever known and could work all of us into the ground. I asked Chief a couple of years ago what he thought of the Redskins changing their name and other attempts to cater to those who think Native American mascots are offensive. Chief, in that deep voice of his, said "Fuck'em. A person should be proud Indians are considered so special they want us as mascots". Good old, Chief. I like the way he thinks.
 
Goldbug said:
My high school's team is the Chiefs. My best friend is a HUGE Cherokee Indian (6' 2" tall and pushing 400 lbs.). I nicknamed him "Chief" when we were in grade school and it has stuck the rest of his life. Strongest human being I have ever known and could work all of us into the ground. I asked Chief a couple of years ago what he thought of the Redskins changing their name and other attempts to cater to those who think Native American mascots are offensive. Chief, in that deep voice of his, said "Fuck'em. A person should be proud Indians are considered so special they want us as mascots". Good old, Chief. I like the way he thinks.
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Already getting e-mails from Fanatics trying to sell me gear with Finger Herbie on it. lol
 
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