Today the BBC reported that in the near future, the official name of the South African National Rugby team, the Springboks, will be changed. The name is a leftover of the old apartheid era in South Africa and the idea is that by changing the logo there will more of a feeling of inclusion of all the ethnicities of the country. I have to say that while this isn't really something that concerns me on a day to day basis at the same time I still find it a bit sad.
There are opinions on both sides of the racial divide (whatever that really means) who have called for it to be kept, and those who want it to disappear for good. What I think would be interesting would be if the people who were excluded from the team due to Apartheid would instead make it a part of their culture. That is to say that they would adopt the symbol and by so doing make it their own. To me that would be a stronger statement than changing a picture on a jersey and an official name.
Moments in time captured with various odd symbols referred to in the lingua franca as letters.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Next thing you know they are going to make me change my name because it's too Afrikaner.
At least they didn't tell you to go back to Holland. When South Africa can qualify on their own to a Football World Cup then they can disgrace their Rugby team.
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