http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/fcc-redskins-name-petition-113683.html
Give it a few years and they'll try it again.
Give it a few years and they'll try it again.
FCC: Redskins Not Offensive
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100% media driven. This debate will go on every year, during the slow news summer months the media will bring it up to have something to talk about that is "controversial".
I would say they're just saying that it's not obscene, and that's different than offensive. Anyway, I don't have a position on this controversy, but it couldn't have happened to a better team owner.
No, it wouldn't. However, the Indians themselves came up with the term Redskins to describe themselves. It was not assigned pejoratively by the white man. In fact, the term redskin was assigned at the same time as pale face. So there is a bit of a difference.
Very dumb.
Ok, so the Indians find it offensive, but the US government says it's not? Ok. I'm glad a bunch of rich old white guys get final say in this.
Sounds about right. If I were Snyder, I'd gladly change the name. Talk about a marketing boon. Merchandise sales would be through the roof while all the Redskins fans replace all their gear.
I don't think this word was ever used the way people are trying to act like it was but its just a word that sounds racist. Teams have been forced to change far softer sounding nicknames. That's all that really matters. My question is, how does the Notre Dame mascot never get brought up as racist? They have a drunk leprechaun with his dukes up ready to scrap....how is that not a negative Irish stereotype?
Cowboys was actually a pejorative term for drovers. It was meant to suggest that the drovers were getting friendly with their herd.
There are some Sioux who are offended by the ND mascot. There are others who don't care. There are also some members of other nations who are "offended" because they hate the Sioux. I can't even begin to count the number of times I have heard the term "dirty Sioux" from other American Indians. They can't even say the second word without including the first. It isn't just whites who are guilty of being racist against Native Americans.
I know Redskins is a little different but as far as college sport goes they should either allow Native American mascots or disallow them. Allowing Seminoles and Fighting Illini but disallowing Fighting Sioux is a little silly. You can find people who are offended and people who are not offended in practically every situation. I know that the Seminole powers that be have said it is okay, but there are certainly others who feel differently. Why are they ignored? Sioux is such a broad group that there is no one entity that speaks for them.
There's a BIG difference between Seminoles and Redskins. Seminoles is just the name of an Indian tribe and is not derogatory.... Redskins is.
Very dumb.
Ok, so the Indians find it offensive, but the US government says it's not? Ok. I'm glad a bunch of rich old white guys get final say in this.
If I were Snyder, I'd gladly change the name. Talk about a marketing boon. Merchandise sales would be through the roof while all the Redskins fans replace all their gear.
there's something ironic about old white men in the US government deciding what is or is not offensive to Native Americans.
I get that they are going more for obscene, but still.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...ncellation-of-redskins-trademark-registration
Big govt judges to the rescue.
Big govt judges to the rescue.
