Posted on 07/28/2025 8:36:13 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal if Washington’s NFL team did not restore its name to a racial slur, despite decades of psychological research showing the negative mental health impacts of Native American mascots.
The president is demanding a private company change its name to something that researchers have linked to a variety of negative mental health outcomes, particularly for children, said Mark Macarro, president of the National Congress of American Indians. The organization has been pushing back on stereotypes of Native Americans since the 1950s, including Native sports mascots.
“This is a big reminder with this administration that we’re going to take some backward steps,” Macarro said. “We have our studies, we have our receipts, and we can demonstrate that this causes real harm.”
More than two decades of research on Native mascots have shown they lead to heightened rates of depression, self-harm, substance abuse and suicidal ideation among Indigenous peoples, and those impacts are the greatest on children. Citing this data, the American Psychological Association has been recommending the retirement of Native mascots since 2001.
The president believes that franchises who changed their names to “pander to the Woke Left” should immediately restore their original names,” White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said in a statement to The Associated Press.
“Thanks to President Trump, the days of political correctness and cancel culture are over,” he said.
Under pressure from decades of activism, the Washington Redskins — a racial slur and arguably the most egregious example — retired the name in 2020, eventually settling on the Commanders. Later that year, the Cleveland Indians changed its name to the Guardians.
Two major league teams, the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, continue to resist calls to.
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Most natives loved the Redskins.
“researchers” LOL
Sure has a lot of facial hair.
selected “Experts”
But, but, but epstheen..................
Another group of “experts” who all are in deep need of help from shrinks. This is the biggest load of rubbish I’ve read this morning.
LOL! Graham Lee Brewer needs mental help.
If Babylon Bee wrote this story, how would it be different?
Trump’s right about the name and the stupidity and divisiveness of the Leftist Do-Gooder SJW’s.
However, federal funding of states and private enterprise is unconstitutional and the resulting federal regulations on states and private enterprise is also unconstitutional.
I won’t endorse what violates the Constitution. Doing that just empowers the other side to violate the Constitution, which is how we got into this mess in the first place.
“experts say’ Blah Blah Blah every day
So do the Seminole Indians in regards to the FSU Seminoles. Liberal white folks have been trying to get rid of Chief Osceola for years because he ‘offends’ them. Most FSU grads chant ‘Piss on you ants’...The Indians love the tradition.
so he finds a few ‘indigenous’ (whatever that means-) folks who were ‘traumatized’ by a football team’s name, and ignores the vast majority who couldn’t care any less about the name, or who find it honoring?
They’re never going back. Even if the name wasn’t semi-controversial after Dan Snyder’s reign of crappy product on the field and sexual harassment off that franchise will keep its distance from that history.
This pale face is as much an “Indian” as Elizabeth Warren.
Probably has 5% Cherokee blood (great, great, great grandfather) and is now an expert on Indian affairs.
I suspect most of the psychological issues among American Indians center around alcohol abuse. The notion that sports teams having an Indian mascot causes psychological issues is pure baloney.
The Washington “Commanders” don’t get a penny of government money or assistance.
And the money. The tribe gets paid. And the contract comes up for renewal periodically. An arrangement they had before all the complaining started, but it definitely gives them good coverage.
I think this is what sent Chief Bromden to the insane asylum.
(One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
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