Redskins are changing their name

[ThePro]

I wonder if the Indians from India are offended.

They would be if they had a caricature of a brown skinned person with a Turban grinning on a uniform.

[D-train]

On a lighter note. Happy Independence day everyone from DT, Lynda, Arthur, Hazel, Bing and Henry! Go Hawks.

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happy 4th back atcha DT! always nice when people whom fortune has smiled upon (as certainly appears it has in your case) can actually appreciate it! thanks again for starting/maintaining the forum!

Thanks! You too brother!

[D-train]

I wonder if the Indians from India are offended.

They would be if they had a caricature of a brown skinned person with a Turban grinning on a uniform.

Yeah that Chief Wahoo mascot is crazy.

[ThePro]

On a lighter note. Happy Independence day everyone from DT, Lynda, Arthur, Hazel, Bing and Henry! Go Hawks.

Lynda 4th.jpg

happy 4th back atcha DT! always nice when people whom fortune has smiled upon (as certainly appears it has in your case) can actually appreciate it! thanks again for starting/maintaining the forum!

Thanks! You too brother!

Happy 4th to everyone!!

[D-train]

happy 4th back atcha DT! always nice when people whom fortune has smiled upon (as certainly appears it has in your case) can actually appreciate it! thanks again for starting/maintaining the forum!

Thanks! You too brother!

Happy 4th to everyone!!

Happy 4th Pro! Very happy you are here. You are definitely on the Mt. Rushmore of this Forum!

[KingCorran]

You first misconception is that you think people are "offennded" . People are motivated not offended.

What exactly motivates them, then?

I narrowly avoided a snarky answer there (huge personal weakness), but, serious question. 'First' implies more, but you haven't expanded. And I'm not certain how this is anything but semantics... again, an expansion might clue me in.

[KingCorran]

I wonder if the Indians from India are offended.

They would be if they had a caricature of a brown skinned person with a Turban grinning on a uniform.

This is an ugly mental picture, isn't it? And I'll cop to not being fond of Chief Wahoo.

What makes the Minnesota Vikings' mascot okay, in contrast?

[KingCorran]

happy 4th back atcha DT! always nice when people whom fortune has smiled upon (as certainly appears it has in your case) can actually appreciate it! thanks again for starting/maintaining the forum!

Thanks! You too brother!

Happy 4th to everyone!!

Right back at you all!

[ThePro]

I wonder if the Indians from India are offended.

They would be if they had a caricature of a brown skinned person with a Turban grinning on a uniform.

This is an ugly mental picture, isn't it? And I'll cop to not being fond of Chief Wahoo.

What makes the Minnesota Vikings' mascot okay, in contrast?

Is the Viking an ethnic group? Is there a violent history associated with Vikings in this country? Is there anyone fighting for or deprived of civil rights because of their Viking heritage?

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Bottom line is this is the 21st century. "Redskins" now today is a racial slur. End of story . There should not be a team named after a racial slur. A team should not be called "Indians" . No one refers to Native Americans as Indians anymore. Or at least you shouldn't be. Redskin isn't on a job application or a census question. No one is identifying as Redskin.

As far as not being offended by a team being named Hillbillies, Honkeys etc.. perhaps you would if those names were associated with the same violent history that is associated with names that were given Native Americans and Blacks in this country

Redskins is not a racial slur today and there is scant evidence that it ever was. Nobody uses the word anymore for any reason other than to talk about a football team, and it was a name originally used by Native Americans of certain tribes to describe themselves. Read the articles I linked if you are interested in the history rather than some leftist bs.