Why is everyone getting pissed off about Native American team names now?

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Even a couple of years ago no one cared about the Redskins and Wahoo besides us, now i see it everywhere? PC police?
 
People are trying to shame Dan Snyder into changing it.

I disagree with your premise though people have been giving the Redskins flak over the name for a while.
 
speeds said:
People are trying to shame Dan Snyder into changing it.

I disagree with your premise though people have been giving the Redskins flak over the name for a while.
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Other Indians have been for years yeah, but i haven't heard any white people caring about it until recently. It doesn't help that Dan Snyder is a complete piece of shit either though.
 
If whites weren't getting offended on the behalf of other people they'd have nothing to do with themselves.
 
I think it's been going on for a while, but now that the Redskins have a franchise player, and that franchise player wants huge endorsements, I think people feel this is a good time to push harder on getting the name changed. If RGIII speaks out against the name, I think they would have to change it. I think that's why there has been an increase in pressure. Make RGIII feel that he isn't going to sell jerseys or cologne as long as he plays on a team called the Redskins.
 
It's kind of like the feminism thing going through video games right now, no one cared for years and years, and suddenly to these people that didn't care for that time, it's the worst thing ever now.
 
santeesioux said:
It's kind of like the feminism thing going through video games right now, no one cared for years and years, and suddenly to these people that didn't care for that time, it's the worst thing ever now.
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I think there are more girls playing video games now.
 
Eastoff said:
I think there are more girls playing video games now.
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And yet the people you see getting offended are male journalists that have been playing these games with no problems for years. It's all clickbait.
 
I don't know, there are a bunch of Native American theme named sports teams, and for the most part people don't care. It's just the Redskins is a little bit too far in the racist direction, especially when paired with their horrible logo. There is nothing redeeming about that name, it's not honorable like the Braves, it doesn't pay tribute like the Blackhawks, It's just the color of skin. It really is in bad taste. I don't care too much, but if it were my Blazers I would want it changed for sure. I wouldn't wear a logo or name from that team.
 
I'm not a fan of the name, but i don't care about the logo. I want to see some names like the Blackskins and Whiteskins, then i wouldn't care at all.
 
Redskins is probably the worst. If there was a team called the Dark Skins in Alabama or something like that, people would have flipped. What is the historical significance for American Indians in Washington DC?

Indians doesn't seem that bad to me. Obviously it's an inaccurate name, and I guess the logo could be considered offensive, but I don't think it's all that bad.

Braves is actually pretty cool I think.

Chiefs is fine (imo)
 
santeesioux said:
I'm not a fan of the name, but i don't care about the logo. I want to see some names like the Blackskins and Whiteskins, then i wouldn't care at all.
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We have joined you in your plight with our sox, isn't that enough for crying out loud?
 
I remember how much it sucked when they made Cleveland HS change their names from Indians.
 
santeesioux said:
White people sure do like getting offended for other people, as long as it's mainstream.
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Post of the day! Repped!

Your observation is right on the money. Lots of these guys will line up and join the fray as long as it is the popular position.
 
I think it's a very small group of people, and the sports shows/talk shows/media people blow it out of proportion because it's a slow news day.

As long as it's not like "Hillsboro jigaboos" or "Wilsonville Wetbacks" or Racine RedDots, who cares.

actually, even then, who cares.
 
julius said:
I think it's a very small group of people, and the sports shows/talk shows/media people blow it out of proportion because it's a slow news day.

As long as it's not like "Hillsboro jigaboos" or "Wilsonville Wetbacks" or Racine RedDots, who cares.

actually, even then, who cares.
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You know, the Redskins could be on that level.... but it's been around so long, maybe we're numb to it? I don't know.
 
If you choose to be offended by the team name, root for the other team, for cry sakes...
 
Natebishop3 said:
You know, the Redskins could be on that level.... but it's been around so long, maybe we're numb to it? I don't know.
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There's a lot of truth in that. I think it's more offensive (for lack of a better word) than Indians, but the logo isn't as bad as the Indians logo.
 
Damned if I know. Hell I am still pissed they took Squaw Tit off the map.

That was a fine looking mountain.
 
Denny Crane said:
read an article about this on ESPN yesterday. Basically, actual indians don't care and it's a bunch of white people behind changing the names.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9689220/redskins-name-change-not-easy-sounds
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This.

"The whole issue is so silly to me," says Bob Burns, my wife's father and a bundle holder in the Blackfeet tribe. "The name just doesn't bother me much. It's an issue that shouldn't be an issue, not with all the problems we've got in this country."
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And even though an Annenberg Public Policy Center poll found that 90 percent of Native Americans were not offended by the Redskins name, and even though linguists say the "redskins" word was first used by Native Americans themselves, and even though nobody on the Blackfeet side of my wife's family has ever had someone insult them with the word "redskin," it doesn't matter. There's no stopping a wave of PC-ness when it gets rolling.
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I never understood the outrage. In naming teams or streets or counties or states after Indian things, it seems like an honor vs. some negative bias.

Our football players want to be as fierce as Indian warriors, no?
 
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