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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
the problem is the fact people dig to look for negative connotations, so because the Hawks are named after a group that was named after a massacre it means it has racist intent? that's a reach. It's like this woman I know complaining it was racist that her boss bought the staff fried chicken for lunch one day just because she was black. if you dig you can find anythign and that is the problem with this PC crap. If they want to change the redskins, fine, I get that. But all the other ones that aren't as blatantly racist? no, that's ridiculous.
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The intent behind Symbolic Interactionalism is not at all to find negative intent. It's intent is an objective investigation into what the signs and meanings in our lives really represent. It's digging for understanding and meaning. And the logo was named after war troop, who used the name from the Chief, and that Chief is only widely know because he was a symbol of domination and prejudice. Thus, the intention may not be racist, but the symbol is.
Another example is the pizza shop in Inglewood, Without Papers (or WOP). It was named by the owner as a jab at the owner of Pulcinella, in Kensington. The owner in Pucinella has signed papers that he is certified to make authentic Napolitana pizza. The owner of WOP doesn't, but still makes the same pizza. He named the shop as a joke, but the power of the word still makes it a ethnic slur.