It is just being reported that the Washington Redskins are now going to drop the name and the logo. One of the oldest of the National Football League teams, the Redskins name was adopted in 1933. The new name and logo has not been revealed. The Redskins name has been denounced by many Native American groups for years. It has been, and still is considered by the groups to be an ethnic slur.
Washington Redskins Logo, now abandoned
Indianapolis Indians Logo, still used
It will be interesting to see if other sports teams also change their names. I have read that the Cleveland Indians are considering changing their name. Here in Indiana Indianapolis is home to the Indianapolis Indians, a Triple A minor league farm team for the Pittsburgh Pirates. I have not heard anything about changing the Indianapolis Indians name yet, but I bet there will at least be a discussion.
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Just what America needs – more political correctness. Now THAT is offensive. And ludicrous. PCism is a Communist ideal.
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Lots of folks agree with you, John.
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Good. Sorry about the comment though, this is a highly charged issue with me.
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Not to worry! There is all kinds of 💩 going on in the world now, there’s something for everyone to get worked up over!
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OK…
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Times change. Our miner league team was the Albuquerque Dodgers, then the Albuquerque Dukes ( from Duke City — after Duque de Albuquerque in Spain). Now they are the Isotopes.
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That is an interesting series of names! The Isotopes….hmmmm……from the Nuke industry ?
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Yessiree Bob, Maj and Sher (I have to have Bob in there). We have Los Alamos, Sandia Labs, Grants uranium mines, and the Trinity site.
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LOL…I kinda thought so. 😉
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Years ago, Cleveland dropped the logo. (I grew up there). I can understand visuals that might make people uncomfortable, but it seems there are more important ways to help Native Americans than changing a ball team’s name.
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HaHaHa…..what you said makes more sense that half the crap you hear out there! Thanks for putting in your 2 cents’ worth!
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It’s about time. Why should any ethnic slur be acceptable?
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This has been cussed and discussed for years. Finally some movement.
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Indigenous people have been asking sports teams to change these racist names (and “R**s****” is about as offensive as the N-word) for about the last 50 or 60 years, so this is a very pleasing development. I note that they cited their sponsors as the reason, rather than the fact that Indigenous people have been campaigning about it for half a century.
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Once again money is the driving source of the decision. Thank you for your thoughtful comment.
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Well I suppose at least the corporate sponsors looked around and noticed that the world is changing and maybe they’d better get with the program.
It’s a pity they did it for those reasons and not because they actually care about Indigenous people’s feelings.
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Inderesting controversy
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Here in Alberta, the Edmonton professional football team is called the Edmonton Eskimos. Apparently the name was chosen by an Edmonton sports team more than 100 years ago out of acknowledgement for the perseverance and hardiness of Inuit culture. (Canadian Inuits don’t call themselves Eskimos. Eskimo is a historical word that the Algonquian First Nation used to describe the Inuit. It was not a word that the Inuit took offence to at the time.) The Canadian Encyclopedia says the word Eskimo is offensive – but they don’t say why.
Under continued pressure, the Eskimos have agreed to change their name. It is probably the safest route these days.
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