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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
My point is teams use names involving groups of people they found to be warriors or found to be tough in some way. The Celtics, Maple Leafs, Rangers, Blue Jackets, Yankees, Pirates, Buccaneers, Mariners, Patriots, 49ers, Vikings, Titansand to a lesser extent the Senators (since they use a roman Senator as their logo) are all names after various groups of people.
As a person of Nordic decent I am not offended by the stereotypical use of a Viking in the Minnesota Viking logo.
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You're missing the point. The point has nothing to do with using ethnic imagery. It's about using ethnocentric imagery.
Case in point, would you believe it to be appropriate to address a Native as a "Redskin"? That has the connotations as myself being addressed as a "Wop".
The imagery of the Blackhawks relies on a genocide. The image of the Vikings rely on historical myth. Do you see the difference?