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Originally Posted by Texas Blueliner
Nobody is calling them Redskins, it just doesn't happen. Not on TV, not in the movies, not even in the most uncivilized areas of the "deep south" United States. The only time the term is ever used is in reference to the Washington team.
And you might want to reconsider using the collective term "Native Americans."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts...200504A16.html |
So because you don't hear people using a known racist term, it's totally fine?
Get over yourself.
Oh, and:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmterms.html
Pretty clearly states Native American is acceptable.