(Peeks in) what we killing Indians?! (Places a loaded gun on the table and dashes off into the shadows)
ebay wish list: Washington Redskins (COMPTON BRUH) Washington Bullets jersey (already got my SHEED throwback) Duke LaCrosse T-shirt
This was much better: [video=youtube;loK2DRBnk24]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loK2DRBnk24[/video] "I'm 1/12th Cherokee and the 1/12th Cherokee is not offended."
Didn't it end up that the "story" of how they were "honoring" the Native Americans on team ended up being horse shit? They were originally called the Braves, because they shared the stadium with the Boston Braves. However, that first year wasn't the greatest, so they moved over to Fenway and shared it with the Red Sox. In an attempt to re-brand/re-birth the franchise, they went to name it something else. And since it was commonplace for teams to share names (NY Giants, NY Giants, St Louis Cardinals, St Louis Cardinals, etc) the easiest thing to do was make it sound a lot like the Red Sox, but not call it the Red Sox. So, Red Skins was born. It's not about honoring the Native Americans on the team. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...ad32e8-e698-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html If the changing of the name causes you to no longer be a fan (anyone), then you weren't a real fan to begin with. I'm not a fan of the Portland "trail blazers", I'm a fan of the NBA team that plays in Portland Oregon. They could be the Portland Ladybugs for all I care.
I think it's white people deciding what the Indians must feel. They've been asked, and they aren't bothered in the least by the name. Illinois is full of places named after Indians. Whoopee.
It's interesting that the Indians (Cleveland), who have been called "Indians" longer than the Redskins have been called Redskins, are quietly phasing out Chief Wahoo as their logo. They've used the Chief Wahoo logo since about 1947ish and now are dropping it. And guess what, their fans are still fans.
Some of them aren't bothered. Some are. And places named *after* Native Americans isn't the same as a name that has a negative history behind it. And before anyone has a cow, this statement is true even if you say that Redskins doesn't have a negative history behind it. A lot of names in Oregon and Washington are named for or after Native Americans. But they aren't done to disparage them, but to honor them. I think the bigger issue is if the name is from what THEY call themselves (Siletz) vs what white would call them.
