As a person recognized as having “Indian status,” this was always the case. Having a bunch of libtards decide a name was racist was no different than deciding an iconic statue was racist. Without foresight, lacking substance. None of these decision makers ever stepped foot in a reserve. I have. I can tell you first hand that all the kids living there cherished these teams. You walk around and they are sports fans just like anyone else and the kids all have hats on. Guess which ones? Chicago Blackhawks, Washington redskins, Cleveland Indians, KC chiefs…… etc. The point is that they were super proud to have that bit of historical representation. It was a factor that made them a fan of the teams, not a victim of racism.
The vast majority of fellow Indians I have spoken to about this liked the Redskins team name and did not want it to change.
Of course, there were the few brainwashed, useful idiots that Pravda always seems to find when they want to do a story about the Redskins.
On and around the Rez, Indians use the term 'skins' all the time to denote a person with Indian blood.
I have been called a 'skin' or asked if I was a 'skin' many times by fellow Indians.
As usual, it is always the hard Left white liberal that decides these things and thinks they know what is best for others, especially when it comes to minorities.
Or an Irishman being offended by the Fighting Irish because ya know all Irishmen love to fight. Maybe Notre Dame shgould change their name to the Fighting Trannies.
As a person recognized as having “Indian status,” this was always the case. Having a bunch of libtards decide a name was racist was no different than deciding an iconic statue was racist. Without foresight, lacking substance. None of these decision makers ever stepped foot in a reserve. I have. I can tell you first hand that all the kids living there cherished these teams. You walk around and they are sports fans just like anyone else and the kids all have hats on. Guess which ones? Chicago Blackhawks, Washington redskins, Cleveland Indians, KC chiefs…… etc. The point is that they were super proud to have that bit of historical representation. It was a factor that made them a fan of the teams, not a victim of racism.
The vast majority of fellow Indians I have spoken to about this liked the Redskins team name and did not want it to change.
Of course, there were the few brainwashed, useful idiots that Pravda always seems to find when they want to do a story about the Redskins.
On and around the Rez, Indians use the term 'skins' all the time to denote a person with Indian blood.
I have been called a 'skin' or asked if I was a 'skin' many times by fellow Indians.
As usual, it is always the hard Left white liberal that decides these things and thinks they know what is best for others, especially when it comes to minorities.
I guess it would be like a white person getting pissed off about the Minnesota Vikings.
Or an Irishman being offended by the Fighting Irish because ya know all Irishmen love to fight. Maybe Notre Dame shgould change their name to the Fighting Trannies.
Or the Celtics which is pronounced wrong.
As is Caesar, but we digress. Classical Latin "C" is always a hard "C" like in cat never a soft "C" like in cell.