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Originally Posted by spuzzum
I could care a less if I'm white black aboriginal or from planet Mars
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Whether you can or can't care less doesn't really matter.
The n word doesn't offend me. That doesn't mean it's ok to use as a sports team name.
For the record, I think using something like Cataractes, Chiefs or Braves is fine. I liken that to Celtics, Kings or Knights. Using an image of a Native chief as a logo when you're named after a tribe or something I think is also fine.
Names like Indians and Redskins are not fine. They are derogatory and/or ignorant and outdated terms. Logos like Cleveland's are not fine. Not because it's a depiction of a native person, because it's a caricature of a native person with bright red skin. The only way it would be worse is if he had a big peace pipe in his mouth.
Ironically, I think the logo of the Redskins is fine, its the name that makes everything about it racist. If they were called the Braves, and had the logo they currently have, I don't believe it would be a problem.
But none of this is for me to say, really.