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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Calgary Wops? That's fine. Petty, ..but fine.
What evidence do you have to support the claim that these sports logos are offensive to most or all native people? The only remotely offensive one is the Redskins but here we have people wanting to ban practically every native image in the public eye.
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As an Italian-Canadian, I would absolutely not be fine with that.
The Redskins is not a remotely offensive term, it is a very offensive term. Racially, it's one of the most derogatory names you can call an Aboriginal person. From my research in Native populations in Canada, there's been considerable note on the idea of language and self identification. The term Redskin, for all accounts and purposes definitely falls into those categories.
And no one in this thread is saying ban every Aboriginal logo. The logo's in discussion are the Redskins (racism), Blackhawks (rests historically on a Native slaughter) and Indians (because of the logo)