Phil Jackson is the Shit Again

Yes, Phil Jackson is cool once again (he lost his cool status when he came back to coach Kobe for $ instead of sticking to his guns).

The Zen master came out against his alma mater swinging on the mascot issue and tried to set those non-understanding white-folks straight on why to get rid of the mascot. Thanks to Honor Indians blog for putting this up.

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Phil Jackson, Head Coach for the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, received an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater, the University of North Dakota on August 25^th. Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Coach Jackson, not for his receipt of the honorary doctorate, but for his remarks to the UND community. Coach Jackson used his public appearance at UND to address the “Fighting Sioux” mascot controversy. He suggested that his alma mater “…do the right thing…” and they “…have to rethink probably our nickname and moniker.” Jackson also stated that the “Fighting Sioux” mascot was “not beneficial” to the Lakota people, and that “…objectification of people is limiting to ourselves… as well as to the people objectified.” Honor Indian Institute honors Coach Jackson for using his stature in the UND community for taking this opportunity to try to gracefully resolve the “Fighting Sioux” mascot controversy.