https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...38753295f9a_story.html?utm_term=.0f00276bbfd5 New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name
Some things are just mindbogglingly stupid. How is it offensive? They're the only "native" Americans in the U.S. It's accurate and in no way implies anything about the quality of human beings of different races. The term is a reminder that they were here first. How is it offensive to associate the national pastime with American indians? Seems to me it's a huge sign of respect, not one of offensiveness. It attributes winning, competing, fierceness, dedication, etc., to the people.
Do you keep a list of these offensive things? It would be helpful to an old Caucasian American. "Native-you-guess-the-continent" doesn't flow off the tongue.
Ha! But I don't think it will sell! I played on a football team in the Hudson Valley industrial league years ago. The teams name was, The Wops & Mc's. I guess it had been that way for years, but then people started to get sensitive. Had to come up with a new name. Geez! It didn't seem to bother any of the guys on the team, who did fit the name.
The difference being that white people chose a name for their white owned team. If you don't see the difference I'm not sure what to tell you. This country has done more than just shit on the Native people. Even calling them Apache shows ignorance. Another piece of ignorance.. they are not the Sioux... They're the LAKOTA.. Why is it so difficult for people to show respect for others?? Like I said.. It's really not that hard...
My maternal grandmother is Lakota ...she identified as Lakota Sioux and Indian.....if the tribes take offense to any cartoon figures...that should always be respected...dviss....sometimes I think you just love to lecture and forget you're not talking to people with no sense of racial justice...
Or indigenous people or aboriginal people or tribal locals......lot of definitions...if you get hardcore about it you should speak it in their language and not anglify it at all
Sigh.. I'm never aiming any of this at you @riverman. I know where you stand. I'm aiming this at the racists of the forum. They know who they are.
The fact that you think they "become offensive over time" is the issue. Being slow on the uptake. They were offensive when they were created...
"Native American" was coined in the 1960s civil rights era to specifically NOT be racist or offensive. So, no, they weren't offensive when they were created.
