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Old 02-13-2013, 08:38 PM   #175
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Originally Posted by calgaryred View Post
to you its Racist

not to the American Indian population according to a poll when the debate on the team name was at its highest.

"in 2004, a poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania essentially confirmed the prior poll's findings, concluding that 91% of the American Indians surveyed in the 48 states on the mainland USA found the name acceptable and setting out in detail the exact wording of the questions.[63]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing...ot_controversy
A couple of issues with that poll:

1) it is 10 years old

2) it only included 768 people (very small representative sampling)

3) the question was not worded very well:
“The professional football team in Washington calls itself the
Washington Redskins. As a Native American, do you find that name offensive or doesn’t it bother you?”

Even if we assume that the polling was accurate and still applicable today that's still 9% of the native population in the US that considers the name "Redskins" to be inappropriate. That means of a population of approximately 3 million American Indians, about 270,000 people are offended by the term.

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Many like myself see it as glorifying the natives past. So, yes these names do put Indians into the mainstream, obviously your insulted by it and see it as a negative, I don't. If you think these names put down the native culture, go get a sign and protest in front of Western Canada High School, and demand the school change it's name the Redmen.
I get what you're saying in terms of honouring the civilization. As a matter of fact, I see team names like "Blackhawks" and "Braves" as more of an homage than an insult. However, the "Redskins" moniker is a racial epitath. How do people not get that?
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