Claudia Zahn
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Apr 22, 2023 at 4:13pmWeb
Show threadFardels BearApr 22, 2023

@ClaudiaZahn

As an honorary #Hoosier (my daughter lives in #Bloomington), it's good to hear about famous Hoosiers. #granfalloon

Show threadClaudia ZahnApr 22, 2023
@riggbeck
#Hoosier is the name for people living in #Bloomington? ❤️
Show threadFardels BearApr 22, 2023

@ClaudiaZahn

Indiana is the Hoosier State.

Show threadClaudia ZahnApr 22, 2023
@riggbeck
Oooooooooooooooh.
Thank you. 🥰
Show threadBrian LawsonApr 22, 2023
@ClaudiaZahn @riggbeck A Hoosier is someone from Indiana
Show threadClaudia ZahnApr 22, 2023
@brian @riggbeck
Thank you 🥰
Show threadClaudia ZahnApr 22, 2023
@brian @riggbeck
One of my friends from #Indiana wrote me this:
"The Hoosier Poet," James Whitcomb Riley claimed that the term originated in taverns and is due to the rough and tough nature of early Indiana settlers. The morning after a bar fight, body parts would be left lying around and someone would ask, "Whose ear?" This, of course, supposedly became #Hoosier.
Show threadFardels BearApr 22, 2023

@ClaudiaZahn @brian

I want to believe that's true. I'd never heard of James Whitcomb Riley, but found this documentary about him. A proper character.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRo1hJY5jjU

James Whitcomb Riley: Hoosier Poet (2017) | WTIU Documentaries

YouTube
Show threadClaudia ZahnApr 22, 2023
@riggbeck @brian
I am deeply impressed, even Wikipedia calls him "Hoosier Poet"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley
James Whitcomb Riley - Wikipedia

Show threadBill Hooker 😷Apr 22, 2023
@ClaudiaZahn Is there context for this image that makes it somehow NOT Blackface?
Show threadClaudia ZahnApr 22, 2023
@sennoma
Blackface.
Really?
Show threadBill Hooker 😷Apr 23, 2023

@ClaudiaZahn I mean Blackface as a general term, this seems to be aimed at different indigenous identities, but that's a small distinction.

I could be wrong -- again, context? -- but the image just doesn't sit right with me.

Show threadClaudia ZahnApr 23, 2023
@sennoma
Dave was diversity before that was even a thing. His character as presented here and on the Eat'em and Smile album was the "Heavy Metal Shaman". It had nothing to do with race. Just Dave's over the top vaudevillian showmanship and his depiction of a cannibalistic shaman that would Eat'em and then Smile! Simple.