Background: two years ago, an SDSU master's student filed a thesis called "Fail Montezuma" that started a renewed discussion about whether or not the Monty Montezuma and the Aztec nickname should be dropped. That student became a lecturer and convinced the University Senate to pass a resolution condemning the mascot.
Now, that lecturer is in hot water. Turns out he's a pretty vile racist:
Lecturer who led mascot retirement fight discriminated against white student because of her race, investigation finds
Some of the more juicy bits:
"He said he did not have the Native American Student Alliance on his side in the mascot debate, attributing this to “a couple of white students who are members, who apparently have great grandmothers tgat (sic) are Cherokee Princesses (sic).”"
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“All in all, Monge uses ‘white’ whenever he wishes to explain someone who has done something wrong, or bad,” the investigation report concluded.
In an essay to the investigator (my emphasis - because, wow, he truly believes this stuff), Monge wrote: “It is quite easy to argue that ‘whiteness’ is synonymous with evil.”"
He is also quoted as calling the president of the student body (who is black) an Uncle Tom.
The lecturer has been released from his contract. Hopefully this puts the whole mascot matter to rest.