Posted on 07/18/2020 10:36:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
Nearly half of respondents of a national poll conducted by Morning Consult are just fine with the name of NFL team The Washington Redskins. The football team, which has been for years accused of racism against Native Americans despite polls finding Native American majorities support the name, has been slated for change to placate a small group of online leftist agitators.
However, it turns out that far more Americans believe the name ought to remain than those who prefer a more culturally sensitive name. According to the poll, 49 percent of respondents believe the Redskins should keep their nickname, with only 29 percent in favor of the upcoming change and 22 percent unsure.
When broken down by generation, the nickname is less popular with Gen Z than with any others. Forty-five percent of Gen Z are in favor of changing the name, with only 23 percent supporting the nicknames maintenance. Millennials, Gen X, and Baby Boomers all see a larger percentage of their respective populations support keeping the name.
The desire to change drops to 31 percent for millennials, with 47 percent in favor of the name. Gen X decreases again, with only 27 percent wishing to rid the team of the name, compared to the 55 percent who support it. Only 24 percent of Boomers believe the name ought to be removed, with 56 percent who believe it should remain.
When looking at how the names popularity changes among racial lines, it becomes clear that white people predominately support the name, Black people believe it ought to be changed, although by fewer than half, and Hispanic people are torn.
Fifty-seven percent of white respondents think the team should keep the nickname, while only 24 percent argue for its removal. In contrast, 46 percent of black respondents believe the team name should change, with only 23 percent in favor of it remaining. Hispanic respondents are split right down the middle, with 38 percent supporting both keeping and changing the nickname.
Along with asking whether the team nickname should be changed, the poll explored how many respondents found the name offensive compared to other team mascots attacked as propagating ethnic or racial stereotypes.
The Redskins ranked the second most offensive name, with 30 percent of respondents finding the name and logo offensive. The only team to score higher was the Cleveland Indians and their mascot Chief Wahoo, who was deemed offensive by 33 percent of respondents.
The other potentially controversial mascots included: Chicago Blackhawks (25 percent), Florida State Seminoles (24 percent), Atlanta Braves (17 percent), Kansas City Chiefs (16 percent), Notre Dame Fighting Irish (16 percent), and the Edmonton Eskimos (16 percent).
This poll did not break out the data any Native American respondents, if there were any. It would be interesting to see what their opinion on the name and its potential change would be, as that is the group the change is purportedly protecting. Historically, Native Americans have been widely supportive of the teams name.
A 2016 Washington Post poll of Native Americans showed that 90 percent of respondents were not bothered by the name, and 78 percent found the debate unimportant. Many respondents took it a step further, and declared they like the teams name and find it supportive of Native Americans. The Washington Post results also fit a 2004 poll of Native Americans conducted by University of Pennsylvanias National Annenberg Election Survey, which also saw 90 percent of respondents supporting the name.
A shining example of why we’re not a democracy. The fact of the matter is we’ve known it’s a “problematic” name for 60 years. But didn’t care and didn’t care and didn’t care, until finally, there was care. This name change has been coming for a while. The handwriting was on the wall before Snyder bought the team, it’s only because he’s a pigheaded jerk it took this long. And really he’s only doing it because his business partners want it done. Snyder is too dense to have his own ideas.
Reminds me of Tottenham Hotspurs, which have always been known as the “Jewish” club in London, their supporters even call themselves the “Yid Army”.
A few years ago I went to my aunts house for Thanksgiving dinner when the news was agitating to change the Redscins name. In a house of mostly Yurok indians my cousin sayed it was bullshit. Nobody disagreed.
Yup. Unless those OK with "Redskins" are going to pony up that money, the change is a done deal.
Washington Rednecks
confederate flag logo
The Redskins are swamp dwellers. 70% not germane to their team.
Kinky Friedman already took that name, the Texas Jewboys.
I never understood the Federal Express connection to this controversy.
Yes I know they are paying for the naming rights for FedEx Field. And they signed up for the rights and paid for those rights in conjunction with the team having the name of Redskins at that time. How are they in any position to demand that the name be changed otherwise what? Otherwise they won’t pay this year’s annual installment payment for the naming rights?
If that happened, then there would be a messy lawsuit involving Federal Express, and possibly the Redskins or whoever owns that Stadium would simply sell the naming rights to some other company instead. ,
Washington Kneelers
Bruthas
Ingrates
Bellyachers
Tried not to get profane.
Washington Cuckolds
Professional sports make money through ticket sales, licensed merchandise, and TV commercials. The babies yelling loudest don’t buy ford pickup trucks or drink bud light, they don’t show up in stadiums and pay $70 for a ticket, and they sure don’t buy football jerseys. The teams know this, the advertisers know this, but they don’t want to becomw an object for fixation by the crybullies by being the first to say it.
That is the perfect example of taking the wind from their sails. Shuts em up and flusters them all at the same time.
The NFL is ERADICATING itself!
Didnt seem to bother FedEx in 1999. Or for the 21 years between then and now.
Yup. Who cares? A business decision. Its a sign of the times, and no more. The NFL makes no money off of me. If I wanna watch millionaires play a game for my amusement, I will, but Im not invested in it.
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