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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
The list of Native American tribes is enough to convince me.
I spoke of the context before. I agree the name is contextual, hence why changing the logo to a football would be appropriate if you want to keep the name.
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My bias is that of a Redskin fan. They are our local team, and the name has a lot of tradition, and tradition is important in sports. The context for us, is that of being proud of the team and logo (even if they have sucked lately). While I agree, it is not what we think that necessarily matters, it does go to explain our mindset.
I don't think there would be a large resistance to changing the logo, but that doesn't seem like it would satisfy anyone.
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So I guess the next question is:
Can you define a racial slur? What evidence would you need to agree that
"Redskin" is a racial slur?
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I think that most everyone agrees that it is not a slur that is ever used today. And 3-4 years ago, no one was calling it a slur. At some point during the last few years, people started saying it was a slur from the 1800s, and my take is that it got repeated enough that people started accepting it as fact. So point out any literature, or anything credible that shows that people were using it as a slur during that time and I would be satisfied.