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I would love to see this. Mascots are selected because they're fierce and respected. Not having a mascot representing native Americans feels stupid as fuck.
I would love to see this. Mascots are selected because they're fierce and respected. Not having a mascot representing native Americans feels stupid as fuck.
Which is par for the course I suppose in this modern age of glorifying weakness and victimhood.
Blackfeet are from Montana. Would be better to ask the Pamunkey and Rappahannock Tribes what team name would honor their people. They’ll probably ask for a new logo also since it doesn’t recognize their Tribes.A mascot representing Native Americans is absolutely fine. Calling a team the "R*dskins" is not. There are so many Native American tribes, so many ways to represent their strength, ingenuity, and pride...and Washington went with one of the most racist names that you can call a Native American.
Yes, they had the name for a while, but it was a different time when they made it. This is the modern day. Name themselves after a tribe near Washington; hell, name themselves the "Blackfeet" or something creative. Hell, if I know; I'm just a Rams fan. Just don't do the equivalent of calling a team the Washington N-words
What I heard is that they named them Redskins after the fact that the Native Americans in that region had red paint on them when they went into battle.A mascot representing Native Americans is absolutely fine. Calling a team the "R*dskins" is not. There are so many Native American tribes, so many ways to represent their strength, ingenuity, and pride...and Washington went with one of the most racist names that you can call a Native American.
Yes, they had the name for a while, but it was a different time when they made it. This is the modern day. Name themselves after a tribe near Washington; hell, name themselves the "Blackfeet" or something creative. Hell, if I know; I'm just a Rams fan. Just don't do the equivalent of calling a team the Washington N-words.
Blackfeet are from Montana. Would be better to ask the Pamunkey and Rappahannock Tribes what team name would honor their people. They’ll probably ask for a new logo also since it doesn’t recognize their Tribes.
What I heard is that they named them Redskins after the fact that the Native Americans in that region had red paint on them when they went into battle.
Don't know if that is true or not, but that wouldn't be racist imho.
We can stop here, please.Fair enough. Only said that because of the Blackfeet family requesting the logo. I mean, fate, name them the Tribe. Or something other than a clearly racist name.
It's not true. Settlers called them "red-skinned" the moment they met them. They've been portrayed with red skin in media (Peter Pan) and in sports (the Cleveland Indians) for a while. They were called "Redskins" because of the skin pigment, nothing more, nothing less.
Before anyone goes further accusing me of "political correctness", or "wokeness", ask yourselves this: would you want a team where a race's skin pigment was the nickname of the team for no other reason than being part of a mascot or logo? If this was black, white, Asian, or Mexican, would it be any more wrong than this?
A mascot representing Native Americans is absolutely fine. Calling a team the "R*dskins" is not. There are so many Native American tribes, so many ways to represent their strength, ingenuity, and pride...and Washington went with one of the most racist names that you can call a Native American.
Yes, they had the name for a while, but it was a different time when they made it. This is the modern day. Name themselves after a tribe near Washington; hell, name themselves the "Blackfeet" or something creative. Hell, if I know; I'm just a Rams fan. Just don't do the equivalent of calling a team the Washington N-words.
The problem is the Cleveland Indians had to change their name based on pressure from the Left's woke machine. What exactly is racist about their name? I guess they would have to call them the "Indigenous People"?Fair enough. Only said that because of the Blackfeet family requesting the logo. I mean, fate, name them the Tribe. Or something other than a clearly racist name.
It's not true. Settlers called them "red-skinned" the moment they met them. They've been portrayed with red skin in media (Peter Pan) and in sports (the Cleveland Indians) for a while. They were called "Redskins" because of the skin pigment, nothing more, nothing less.
Before anyone goes further accusing me of "political correctness", or "wokeness", ask yourselves this: would you want a team where a race's skin pigment was the nickname of the team for no other reason than being part of a mascot or logo? If this was black, white, Asian, or Mexican, would it be any more wrong than this?
The problem is the Cleveland Indians had to change their name based on pressure from the Left's woke machine. What exactly is racist about their name? I guess they would have to call them the "Indigenous People"?
We have had local HS's change their name as well because they have Native American related names. Our school went from "Indians" to "Big Red"
So I think it's a bit overblown. I have read articles about Native Americans who were proud of the Redskin name and depiction.
I would love to see this. Mascots are selected because they're fierce and respected. Not having a mascot representing native Americans feels stupid as fuck.
Which is par for the course I suppose in this modern age of glorifying weakness and victimhood.