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Goodbye Redskins and Indians and Braves and Chiefs
Rick Reilly, Columnist ESPN Besides, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said last week that if "even one person is offended" on this issue, we need to "listen." One person? Got it. Guess we need to listen to people who are offended by the Kansas City Chiefs' name, too. That's one that offends my father-in-law. "You see some little guy wearing a headdress made of chicken feathers," he says, "painting his face up, making a mockery of us. I hate that. Those are things you earn." Doesn't matter. The 81-year-old Washington Redskins name is falling, and everybody better get out of the way. For the majority of Native Americans who don't care, we'll care for them. For the Native Americans who haven't asked for help, we're glad to give it to them. Trust us. We know what's best. We'll take this away for your own good, and put up barriers that protect you from ever being harmed again. Kind of like a reservation. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/96...ot-easy-sounds |
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09-20-2013, 08:18 AM | #17 |
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Native American here.
Europeans killed my ancestors and gave them smallpocks while taking their land and raping their women. Why should I care about a football team named after my people? Are you white folks offended at the 'Fighting Irish' stereotypical mascot? What about the Tarheels? There was a time when that term, too, was offensive to some. What about the gamecocks? We are ok with using a name that is reminiscent of animal cruelty in the cock-fighting game? As a society, I think we should be less concerned about a few NA's getting their feelings hurt, and maybe use that same energy to provide assistance to the reservation communities across the country that battle poverty, lack of job availability, alcohol and drug abuse and a poor infrastructure every day. If you really care about these people and want to help them, then changing the name of a sports team is not the way to do it.
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As long as Dan Synder is the owner of the Redskins, they will continue to be called the Redskins. I like the name, and I am not going to listen to the racist Native Americans clinging on to somthing that no longer exists, was never noble, and really everyone in this country who's generation extend back into the 1600's has Native American blood in their veins.
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09-20-2013, 09:20 AM | #28 |
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Goodell wants to get out in front of this thing before the league gets siouxed.
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09-20-2013, 09:22 AM | #29 |
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I dunno, I think I would be totally offended if a team was called the Paleskins.
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I'm offended by Goodell being a douche and trying to ruin football
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