"Guilherme Crabogiale Fuck"

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Artist:

Year: 2015

Date of Action: March 19, 2015

Region: North America

Location: Alberta, Canada

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Journalism, Public Speech

Confronting Bodies: Guilherme Crabogiale Fuck

Description of Artwork: Medicine Hat College student/athlete, "Guilherme Crabogiale Fuck", is under some scrutiny given his last name, and certain publications and teams ban his given last name on his Jersey, or in scorebooks.

The Incident: Certain publications have banned Guilherme from using his last name when referring to his stat line or recaps of Medicine Hat College "Rattler" games, because of his last name. Although he prefers that these publications use his actual last name, pronounced (pronounced "Foo-Key") because of its conventional definition.

Results of Incident: While certain publications ban such language, the "Medicine Hat News" publication, the school newspaper has chosen to only refer to Guilherme, by his given last name "Fuck."

Source:
http://medicinehatnews.com/sports/local-sports/2015/03/19/whats-in-a-name-2/