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Chief isn't like Redskin in the sense that is specifically uses their 'race' for the mascot. And to some people Redskin could be pejorative, whereas Chief is not.
The Chiefs franchise does identify with various imagery of Indian things, like the arrowhead symbol itself, so you can't really say they are named after H. Roe Bartle, really... but there's no reason to attack this name. It's not demeaning. Will the standard be that you can't have any name that refers to any group of people?
Do all teams have to be animal named now? Isn't the roaring Chicago Bear offensive to bears, because it portrays them as savages?
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