Redskins Legend Gary Clark Says Name Not Offensive.
“The reason I initially visited the Native American reservation was because people were saying that saying the word ‘Redskins’ was like saying the [N-Word) to a black person,” Clark told Donaldson. …
Clark continued to NBC Sports Washington: “What I found was Native Americans wearing Redskins gear and saying that they were proud to be a Redskin fan and the 5% that weren’t Redskins fans were Cowboys fans and that’s why they didn’t like the name.”
My impression has been that most of the people who are offended by “Redskins” are not Native Americans. Most of them are woke white people bring offended on behalf of Native Americans.
But … the woke mentality is immune to such things, and it’s inevitable that the team will have to change their name. I hope they keep some tie to Native Americans. If they become “the generals” or something like that, I will have no feeling of continuity at all with the old team.
I always liked the Redskins logo. Now the Cleveland Indians, that one’s hideous. The more “offensive” name has an admirable symbol, and the blandly generic name has an associated symbol that even made me feel a little uncomfortable as a kid.
Serious, non-troll question: has there been discussion of changing Oklahoma’s name? I mean, doesn’t it basically mean red people?
The Redskins logo is cool, and I like the team colors.
Good question about Oklahoma. And are we going to rename the days of the week, since many of them refer to horrific mythlogical beings with questionable morals?
Today is the day of Týr, the god of war no less. And tomorrow is the day of Woden. And on and on it goes with Paganism.
I’ve always wondered why Christians were okay with all those Pagan names.
Oklahoma, I understand, was originally carved out for being inhabited by indigenous people. So there does seem to be something rather disgraceful in the name.
It is amazing how those people were so often the victims of “indian giving.”
A high school a mile is going to talk about changing the mascot from Redskins to something else. IDK if it will happen. They are a powerhouse in football, basketball, and other sports and there’s a lot of investment in the branding.
I’ve never really even heard anybody talking much about it. There’s lots of people in Oklahoma that are at least part Indian. There is a family in my parish that are part Indian and they went to that high school and they all wear their school t-shirts with the logos.
As for the name Oklahoma, it comes from two Creek Indian words that mean red and people.
Funny thing I think a lot when driving on the freeway is that there are a lot of “Indians” that are more white than me and my ancestors are 100% European. When I’m driving on the freeway, see someone with a Creek, Cherokee, or Muscogee Indian license plate, and they’re driving a Lexus or Mercedes and they have blond hair…I think, they’re Indian?
What defines an Indian is membership in the tribe and not heritage as much. Allegedly you have to have some Indian blood, but legally, a person can be 5% Indian and legally be an Indian and another person can be 100%, but not legally be Indian. At some point the latter could have had an ancestor that didn’t register their children on the Indian rolls and if they didn’t do it, they’re not a member of the tribe and they’re not legally Indian.
Oklahoma — two Choctaw Indian words, not Creek.
I’ve wondered about what it takes to be “legally” a Native American. Doesn’t it vary from tribe to tribe?