Posted on 08/30/2017 7:45:55 AM PDT by C19fan
The events in Charlottesville ignited a fierce national debate on the merits of symbols commemorating the Confederacy and its leaders. But statues of Robert E. Lee and flags modeled after that of the Confederacy aren't America's only reminders of its racist past.
The Washington Redskins' namesake has its origins in a racial slur used by pioneers of the American West to describe Native Americans. Predictably, this ugly reality is a source of seemingly constant controversy, and the debate is brought back to the forefront nearly every time any entity of note takes a stand against it. The most notable example of this came when a federal judge canceled the Redskins' trademark because of its disparaging nature, a ruling now in jeopardy after a Supreme Court ruling late last year.
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Just a matter of time. You know this.................
Ever buy redskin potatoes? Are they going to be banned too?
And yet, most of the Redskins jackets/gear I see around me in New Mexico are being worn by the very folks who should be deeply insulted by it according to this moron lib.
That is a lie. The name was used descriptively, not as an overt slur, and numerous surveys of Native Americans have demonstrated that the term is not "deeply offensive" by any stretch of the imagination...
The cowgirls would take offense
Coming soon - the Dallas Cowpeople
I remember when the Washington “Bullets” were deemed offensive.
Is a sports team’s use of “Redskins” a slur?
Would a team want to point a “slur” at themselves? No.
Native American names, and references to Native Americans have been adopted by American sports teams out of respect, respect for the “brave warrior” status Native American warriors were known for. The use is the opposite of a “slur”, it is trying to employ something positive about Native Americans in the team name. It’s like saying we - the sports team - are as good a fighters - in what the team does - as Native American warriors were known for. If the team did not have a positive reason behind the name, they would not chose it for themselves.
Yes many Europeans called Native Americans “redskins”, and their use may have been derisive, but the word has not been adopted by sports teams on whatever negative reasons the Europeans had. In fact, they have turned into a positive.
I think all Native Americans ought to proudly become fans of the Washington REDSKINS, and believe that team will fight as hard as their ancestors once did.
By the way they were originally the Boston Redskins, so named by the owner of the Boston Braves.
All of the American Indian named sports teams chose those names to identify with the fighting spirit of the Indian American.
As a result many of those teams have substantial fan base in that that community.
Liberal elites don’t have the courage to express their OWN hatred of traditional Americans so they use minorities as a sledge hammer.
One more reason to hate white liberal elites... creepy cowards.
The Dallas Cowbows
They play in Arlington
They practice in Frisco
Their HQ is also in Frisco
Their pro shops ring Dallas but, at least last time I looked, none were actually in Dallas proper
Jerry Jones, the owner, lives in Highland Park
... so I guess he at least has to drive through Dallas to go to work....
The different Indian nations fought long & hard for their identities. They are not likely to want egalitarian White neurotics redefining them!
Of course the real evil that the PC crowd accomplish, is that they aid those who want to recruit "victims," rather than encourage those intended "victims" to find what they can do well, and succeed. You do not solve anyone's problems by promoting a fantasy.
See Greatest Mischief.
This article on Washington, DC radio WTOP website gives more information and the entire letter sent to the students and their parents by the school.
http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2017/08/green-acres-school-to-ban-redskins-gear/slide/1/
Please note that this is a private school policy and not a Montgomery County public school policy...(yet)
We should also use the Spanish word Manzana instead of the derogatory term “apple”
When I went to college (Seattle University), the school’s nickname was the Chieftains, which was neither offensive nor necessarily exclusively applicable to Native Americans, e.g., Scottish chieftains. Nonetheless, it was changed to Red Hawks. (Funny how even with their PC motive, the word “red” became part of the new nickname.)
Maybe they should change the name to the Washington Brownskins. That would certainly be more accurate.
EXACTLY!
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