There are plenty of Black players, including a few you named, that proudly boast "I'm a Tar Heel!" in this video. They don't seem to feel it's racist at all - but maybe we should listen to the woke white people who tell us they should be offended. I doubt the name goes away (although it might with the current climate being what it is, who knows). But I would wager that the stink that has already been raised puts the kibosh on this video which plays (played?) at all/most home games:
Well, technically that "Union Soldier Campaign" looked like all black guys, with the lead guy dressed up in Union Reenactor gear. He wasn't woke white, he was pissed-off black guy. The rest were holding images of... racism-through-commercialism? Now, they may have woke white support somewhere.
On some level, I can accept that we can, unintentionally, normalize a racist attitude toward people of a certain race by dehumanizing them, or the subconscious characterization through commercials. But, commercials have been making caricatures out of every possible facet (and face) of society- black, white, old, young, rich, poor, and all in between. And, even then, it can only normalize it to people that aren't smart enough to tell the difference anyway! We have to modify our culture to pick up the slack for the dumbest members of the species? When did that ever become a successful plan?
And, for fukks-sake... MASCOT NAMES are the absolute LEAST of our problems! The same with brand names of rice and pancake mix! It's absurd! I could understand if Aunt Jemima was crap. But, it's the BEST-SELLING of ALL TIME! Are white people buying it because they hate black people?
This unnecessary "name-changing" will go too far, eventually, and there's going to be more push-back, and race relations will suffer as a result, at least for a while.
