FedEx asks Redskins to change nickname
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And any other team team name they can bully into changing.
People now just seem to try to find things to be “offended” by.
Yep, Washington Redskisn to DC Redskins. Actually, whatever the nickname I'd take Washington & DC out of the name. Say like Potomac Fighting Politicians. Or Capital City Nutjobs/Liars.
Gonna be a whole lot of white people on here declaring that the "Redskins" name is absolutely not offensive to them.
Also going to be a whole lot of white people who say it’s offensive to others (who most likely don’t give a ****)
If I were Snyder, I would name the team the Planned Parenthood Dead Babies.
I, for one, am greatly concerned about the name of a team which I have probably watched play three times in my lifetime. I shall be as outraged about this as I have been about anything ever.
Whole lotta small percentage of minorities and white liberals who are going to pretend to care about an issue, but instead want to use this is a power play over the majority.
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One Memphis company requesting a name change in DC means Kentucky white folks are under seige. Got it.
They have already tried pushing for the Indians to change their name.
However, if I were a tribal member, I don't think that I would be offended by the mascot of a Chief or a Brave. Both have positive connotations unless you just don't like that somebody from another race is using it. But then again, it's an English word that no tribes actually used until they started speaking English. Then you can say that you don't care what the natives think because it's not their cultural language anyway.
Getting rid of these mascots virtually eliminates a large amount of visibility of the Native American community. They will just become an invisible part of society unless you live near a reservation or see more commercials with fictitious Wall Street Braves eating Crunch bars.
Wait till women start complaining about the crimson tide.
Raiders and Vikings - imagery of mauraders who raped and pillaged
Cowboys - hurt the Indians
Ravens - Edgar Allan Poe was a druggie and probably misogynistic
Cardinals and Saints - invokes the Catholic church
49ers - money crazed greedy capitalists who had no environmental conscience
Bears and Lions - maul and kill people
Eagles and Patriots - too tied to USA and the systemic oppression of minorities
Giants and Titans - scary
Jets - elitist, the poor and marginalized can't afford air travel
Broncos - rodeos and cowboys, see above
I could go on, but it's obvious all of the above are also offensive and should be changed.
Cowboys - hurt the Indians
Ravens - Edgar Allan Poe was a druggie and probably misogynistic
Cardinals and Saints - invokes the Catholic church
49ers - money crazed greedy capitalists who had no environmental conscience
Bears and Lions - maul and kill people
Eagles and Patriots - too tied to USA and the systemic oppression of minorities
Giants and Titans - scary
Jets - elitist, the poor and marginalized can't afford air travel
Broncos - rodeos and cowboys, see above
I could go on, but it's obvious all of the above are also offensive and should be changed.
They have already tried pushing for the Indians to change their name.
However, if I were a tribal member, I don't think that I would be offended by the mascot of a Chief or a Brave. Both have positive connotations unless you just don't like that somebody from another race is using it. But then again, it's an English word that no tribes actually used until they started speaking English. Then you can say that you don't care what the natives think because it's not their cultural language anyway.
Getting rid of these mascots virtually eliminates a large amount of visibility of the Native American community. They will just become an invisible part of society unless you live near a reservation or see more commercials with fictitious Wall Street Braves eating Crunch bars.
Chief comes from Latin. I’m sure the thought police don’t care.
I don’t think the Redskins name is necessarily offensive or racist, it just seems kind of disrespectful to torture a certain type of person for decades, force them onto reservations, and the best name you came up with is “Redskins”. Braves and Chiefs actually sound cool to me. It’s not much different than naming your team Spartans or Warriors.
Also, I saw a nice suggestion being tossed around, th Marshalls. Connections to the military and Thurgood.
Also, I saw a nice suggestion being tossed around, th Marshalls. Connections to the military and Thurgood.
I asked a native American coworker once if it bothered him to be called an Indian. He said, "It doesn't bother me. It reminds me that the white man was either so stupid, or just apathetic, that even after they figured out they weren't in India that they still kept calling us Indians anyway." I've referred to them as Native Americans ever since.
It's all a power play. This whole year has been one big power grab.
I think Washington Foreskins has a good ring to it
I’m white, and not offended by Redskins. No one has ever called me a Redskin. If native Americans feel offended by it, then I can certainly empathize with their position. But I’m not one to be offended on someone else’s behalf. And it would be grossly presumptive of me to declare I might know how another group should think or feel, or what they might want. If they want the name changed they can ask for themselves.
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It’s becoming clear that any team with a Native American mascot needs to contact a local tribe or tribe with history in the area and get their concurrence on the name or a new name, perhaps while funding some scholarships and other outreach to the tribe’s reservation (this last part wouldn’t work for high schools with limited budgets).
That will do good for impoverished native Americans, foster goodwill and send the white liberals looking for someone to be outraged at elsewhere.
This is essentially what the Seminoles have done, who can’t have much more money than a pro team. Why the Redskins haven’t bothered is beyond me.
That will do good for impoverished native Americans, foster goodwill and send the white liberals looking for someone to be outraged at elsewhere.
This is essentially what the Seminoles have done, who can’t have much more money than a pro team. Why the Redskins haven’t bothered is beyond me.
Its just not offensive. It isnt. Its akin to me being offended if you call me white. Or if your black, calling you black. Fighting Indian warriors....frankly I think it makes for a badass mascot...let the Indians decide. Its not for us white folks to say. If enough tribes say they want it gone then thats all that matters.
You might want to let the tribes that make up the National Congress of American Indians know that they're "cool with it". They seem to be under the impression that they're not.
http://www.ncai.org/proudtobe
You know, why not change it to some other Native American term. No reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Honor them. I feel the same about this wave of "Rebels is offensive." No, thats people ancestors. This country was also founded by Rebels. Its OK to be a Rebel as long as you win I suppose.
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Well, I guess that Notre Dame will also have to change it's mascot as well. Fighting Irish has to be offensive to anyone of Irish descent. Auburn War Eagles; too militaristic, LSU and Missouri Tigers; since tigers are endangered this is highly disrespectful, Tennessee Volunteers; nope, too white and represents colonialism, South Carolina Gamecocks; have to change this one since cockfighting is outlawed and the name represents violence, Ole Miss Rebels; enough said. Those are just SEC teams except for Notre Dame. How can people function and live in this country knowing that George Washington University has Colonials as it's mascot?
I know many in this region and most if not all call themselves indians and prefer it.
I don't understand why Native Americans is OK. They were never Americans till whites said it was OK. I'd be more POed at that.
So many white people love to look down on others and feign concern for them so they can live in their $5000 lofts in downtown DC or NYC and feel better about themselves
Listen to this white guy telling a minority what they can and can’t be offended by
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That would require them to actually care about the Native Americans, and the history of the USA would indicate there has never been much care for them unless it met the needs of the white man.