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Originally Posted by GirlySports
How bout the San Diego Padres? Named after Spanish priests.
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Names taken from specific groups and done in a classy way are not offensive.
It's terms like "Redskin", "Indian", "Eskimo", etc.. where you have pure racial connotations that are often associated with ridiculous racial stereotypes.
The Cleveland Indians' logo, one of the worst offenders:
Can you imagine a team named the "Blackies" with a characteristic exagerating cartoon of a black man for a logo?
Terms like "Brave", "Seminole", "Aztec", etc... I would not call racist, as long as they are used in classy ways. The idea behind such names is to draw parallels to the bravery of those groups and the sporting teams who bear their names. They also refer to a specific culture/group, as oppossed to a general racial stereotype. They'd fit in with names like "Padres", "Spartans", "Celts" etc... We don't have any teams called the "Whiteys" or the "Crackers".