Is the Blackhawks Logo Offensive?

I'll try to keep this quick, as it is a topic that has been beaten worse than a pinata in Mexico City on Cinco de Mayo. However, when a journalist throws something out into the world for mass consumption, they need to get the facts straight, and they need to be held accountable.

As Justin Bourne would say, more after the little star dividing line.

First things first. To Mr. Cox, please get your facts straight. You state this in your article:

The North Dakota State Supreme Court did no such thing. According to Chuck Haga of the Grand Forks Herald, a source a bit more familiar with the events unfolding in Grand Forks, the action was taken by the State Board of Higher Education, not the Supreme Court. From that article:

The state Supreme Court simply ruled that the Board of Higher Education did not need to wait for the Standing Rock Sioux to hold their vote before they could eliminate the logo. They did not order the school, nor the Board to remove the logo.

This is of minor importance to the article, but it shows that Mr. Cox did not fact check his story very thoroughly, something the readers of Hockey Wilderness know I do not deal well with.

The best line in the whole piece may be this:

Because it's the same thing, right?

Mr. Cox goes on to write:

Agreed, they likely wouldn't. While we are on the topic, where is your rage against such logos as these:

Because we all know the stereotypes of the Irish being people who wear green, look like leprechauns, and love to fight at the drop of a hat. 

Or this logo:

Saving the obvious jokes about the evil empire, the term "Yankees" was, and is, a derogatory term used by the South to refer to anyone from the North. 

One for the Hometown crowd:

Because all Norse travelers and those of Scandinavian decent love to be stereotyped by the warrior class of their past. Historians have shown that Vikings didn't even wear horns on their helmets... thus an incorrect stereotype of the people. 

So, I ask again, Mr. Cox. Where is your outrage over these logos? Or is it only, as you call them, aboriginal nicknames that are insulting?

In other words, stereotyping is wrong, but using it to describe the fan base of hockey is perfectly fine. I am indeed a white male. I do not mind the discussion at all. Just so long as we all are clear on the facts of the debate, and that we all agree that you cannot separate the rage over "aboriginal" nicknames from those I pointed out above.

Finally, Mr. Cox closes with this:

Indeed. The logo is offensive, but not the nickname. That makes perfect sense.