Dirty Penguin
Master Of Ceremony
It's just so pointless...
Agreed....
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It's just so pointless...
Will the Cleveland Indians have to change their name? Is that potentially racist as well?
OK, and now they're trying again. I really don't see what the big deal is. To me, pro sports is a completely frivolous industry. While it's a significant indictment of pro sports that an overtly racist team brand has endured for so long, I don't see why it matters that efforts to get the name changed in 1992 failed. What does that have to do with 2013? Public support for the name is dropping like a rock and I see no reason to fight the inevitable. Why name your team something that certain newspapers can't even print?
We have the All Blacks and the All Whites...
Well they named the team in 1932 for starters.
Well they named the team in 1932 for starters.
Well they named the team in 1932 for starters.
As a general sports fan including NFL (a local of ours was just drafted by Seattle by the name of Jesse Williams) I am shocked that there seems to be so much attention towards the "racism" of the the Washington Redskins team name.
Seriously, aren't there more important things to worry about?
I personally don't consider it racist at all not being American. I assumed Redskin had something to do with the colour of the football (please excuse my obvious ignorance).
It seems awfully strange that this is a problem (since 1992 when it first came up) now when they've been called the Redskins since 1932.
Is this going too far? Seems like a huge waste of effort over something so insignificant. Also the fact that all teams with names that can be associated with native Indians have had to change. A little bit over-zealous isn't it?
Here is the article Poll -- Majority approve of Washington Redskins name - ESPN (Yes I am watching Baseball at work ).
No it is not going to far.
It is derogatory.
Would it be acceptable to call a team the black skins or the yellow skins?
No it would not.
Although, I assume that white folks wouldn't care if they named themselves the White Skins
Apart from the racial inclinations of the term, it is also the fact their entire culture, their entire heritage, has been reduced to team mascots that typically portray Natives in a stereotypical fashion.I'm just saying it seems pointless and wasteful.
They don't have to challenge it any more than the other side don't have to try and get it changed.
Argueing semantics is pointless, especially when the concept of race, or even ethnic group, is either very clear cut or very vague depending on how you look at it.American Indians comprise "multiple races"?? At most, they constitute a single race; at least as I remember it from my old sociology courses. Moreover, the Sioux of Minnesota called themselves ha sha (red skin)
No it is not going to far.
It is derogatory.
Would it be acceptable to call a team the black skins or the yellow skins?
No it would not.
So you're against New Zealand's national teams called the All Blacks and the All Whites?
The NZ basketball team is called the Tallblacks as well.
How racist of New Zealand right?
Moreover, the Sioux of Minnesota called themselves ha sha (red skin)
Do you have a source for this? Doing a search turns up nothing.Moreover, the Sioux of Minnesota called themselves ha sha (red skin)
As a general sports fan including NFL (a local of ours was just drafted by Seattle by the name of Jesse Williams) I am shocked that there seems to be so much attention towards the "racism" of the the Washington Redskins team name.
Seriously, aren't there more important things to worry about?
I personally don't consider it racist at all not being American. I assumed Redskin had something to do with the colour of the football (please excuse my obvious ignorance).
It seems awfully strange that this is a problem (since 1992 when it first came up) now when they've been called the Redskins since 1932.
Is this going too far? Seems like a huge waste of effort over something so insignificant. Also the fact that all teams with names that can be associated with native Indians have had to change. A little bit over-zealous isn't it?
Here is the article Poll -- Majority approve of Washington Redskins name - ESPN (Yes I am watching Baseball at work ).