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University Of Wyoming Profs: ‘Cowboy’ Slogan Promotes ‘White Heterosexual’ Masculinity
Breitbart ^ | 7-11-2018 | Tom Ciccotta

Posted on 07/11/2018 7:46:13 AM PDT by blam

Professors at the University of Wyoming say the school’s new cowboy slogan promotes “white heterosexual” masculinity. Expanding upon the University of Wyoming’s Cowboy mascot, the school recently adopted a new slogan — “The World Needs More Cowboys.” But some professors are up in arms over the choice, claiming that it promotes “white heterosexual” masculinity.

Christine Porter, associate professor of kinesiology and health at the university, is leading the charge against the new slogan.

“The history of cowboys, of course, is much more diverse than that racially, and presumably also for sexual orientation,” Porter said in a comment. “But the image — what the word ‘cowboy’ means off the top of almost everybody’s head in the U.S. — is the white, heterosexual male.”

Porter explained that she thinks the slogan might potentially ostracize students who aren’t white and male. “I care most about our university having a slogan that makes all people feel welcome here,” Porter added. “I also care about us not embarrassing ourselves as an institution across the nation. However proud this state is of our cowboy tradition, it just does not translate outside the Rocky Mountain West.”

Chad Baldwin, the school’s communications director, says that the criticisms of the new slogan will not stop its full adoption. “The criticism of the slogan as being sexist, racist, and offensive simply does not hold water in the context of the overall campaign,” Baldwin said. “‘Cowboys’ is the university’s official mascot and nickname, and the upcoming campaign casts it in a way that we have demonstrated is effective in catching the attention of prospective students from outside Wyoming.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: cowboys; feminazis; highereducation; leftismoncampus; radicalleft; whitepeople; wyoming
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Comment #3:

"Excuse me! It appears that her unchallenged assumption is that there is something wrong with “White Heterosexual” masculinity. Sorry lady, but I don’t agree. I find “White Heterosexual” masculinity totally normal, desirable, and the standard under which I live. I really don’t give a crap what you think."

FemiNazis are destroying the American culture.

1 posted on 07/11/2018 7:46:13 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

There are black cowboys. She is the one with the racism.


2 posted on 07/11/2018 7:47:37 AM PDT by madison10 (Pray for the protection of Devin Nunes, Jim Jordan, and President Trump.)
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To: blam

Just when we think the Leftnoid nutzoids of college campi can get no more insane... they get insanier. Seems reality is “racist”.


3 posted on 07/11/2018 7:49:37 AM PDT by FiddlePig (The biggest threat to your sacred liberty is to not value it!)
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To: madison10

What about the Cowboys of Brokeback Mountain? They were cowboys.


4 posted on 07/11/2018 7:49:38 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: blam

“white heterosexual masculinity”

...not that there’s anything wrong with that.


5 posted on 07/11/2018 7:50:10 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: blam

Where is Randolph Scott when needed ???


6 posted on 07/11/2018 7:50:23 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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To: madison10

Yes, many became cowboys after the Civil War.............


7 posted on 07/11/2018 7:50:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: madison10

Hmmmmmm! It only appears to be gender specific not race. CowBOYS. Period. Not white cowboys or black cowboys or asian cowboys or mexican cowboys. Just cowboys. Now back to our fossil fuel petro heterosexual uber masculine stance.


8 posted on 07/11/2018 7:51:11 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: blam

Yipee Kay-Yay, Mother F____!


9 posted on 07/11/2018 7:51:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: blam

College is without worth.


10 posted on 07/11/2018 7:52:18 AM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: blam
I think this person would disagree...


11 posted on 07/11/2018 7:52:53 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: no-to-illegals
Where is Randolph Scott when needed ???


12 posted on 07/11/2018 7:53:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: blam

DITTO


13 posted on 07/11/2018 7:54:29 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

That is up for debate.


14 posted on 07/11/2018 7:54:33 AM PDT by madison10 (Pray for the protection of Devin Nunes, Jim Jordan, and President Trump.)
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To: madison10
Bitch should read a book.


15 posted on 07/11/2018 7:54:57 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: blam

It does?

Good.


16 posted on 07/11/2018 7:54:58 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Hmmm)
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To: blam

Sadly, “Brokeback Mountain” ruined even that for me. Now “Cowboy” just makes me feel uncomfortable, and vaguely uneasy about all-male camping trips.


17 posted on 07/11/2018 7:55:32 AM PDT by Heavyrunner (Socialize this.)
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To: blam

What abut the cowboy in the Village People?


18 posted on 07/11/2018 7:56:20 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Dilbert San Diego
What about the Cowboys of Brokeback Mountain? They were cowboys.

Gay Cowboys eating pudding.

19 posted on 07/11/2018 7:56:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Great movie .... lol


20 posted on 07/11/2018 7:56:45 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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