"Because it's a word that conjures up so many horrible thoughts," said Phillips."And it is a slur towards Native Americans for those who still haven't heard that but it's a slur."
Regarding the D.C. football team, some slight progress has been made, some say. The statue of former team, who opposed desegregation and whose team was the last to integrate Black players, has been removed and the team has decided to refer to the team as the Washington Football Team for now. A battle that longtime owner Daniel Snyder has fought for years. Snyder wanted to keep the team's original name despite how some fans and indigenous locals like Chief Billy, felt.
LANDOVER, MARYLAND - JULY 13: Hand painted concrete barriers stand in the parking lot of FedEx Field, home of the NFL's Washington Redskins team July 13, 2020 in Landover, Maryland. The team announced Monday that owner Daniel Snyder and coach Ron Rivera are working on finding a replacement for its racist name and logo after 87 years.
"In the grander sense of things, it's so evaporating from people's minds that they don't even realize how racist it really is," she said.
I am German, Irish, Scotish, Hawaiian, Chinese, Portugese, and English. If you want to rename your team why don't you name it Hennie, Mick, Scotty, Brownskinned, Chink, or Limey. You won't get any argument here.
Several polls have been taken over the years. The most recent one conducted in 2016 shows 9 in 10 American Indians aren't offended by the name. Furthermore, at least three American Indian high schools and one college have teams named Redskins.
The Red Epidermis?
Ok so let’s get everybody to leave America, stop all the shit going on to focus on giving the land back to the natives and help them recover from what now is nearly an impossible situation to recover from and the only reason it’s not impossible is because someone will be special
Jim Thorpe rolled over in his grave.
The people in the comments really telling minorities what is offensive and whats not.
In 2020 we're still debating if the term is racist. It's racist, folks. This country will never change.
Ok so let's bring back the red skins
Change the word activists to “ malcontents”, because that’s what they are🤪
You really need to shut your doors. This is journalistic malpractice.
Can’t wait for you to ask Native American non-activists their opinion
Patently false. If you'd do some actual research, you'd find that out for yourselves. JournalismIsDead Shameful InTheirOwnWords FakeNews NeverForget
EWErickson Say fucking Idiots, We're in the 1929 depression in 2020 and all the media are lying to Americans, Hows that making America great? By fucking LYING to us 24/7 365 Days a year?
WHY is it racist?
Native American activists...aka guilty white people
Candy asses 💩💩
'LOL. P***ys.' - ND Fighting Irish
Washington Pride and celebrate Native American heritage
White skins.. or you could just call them cowboys 😆
Let's eliminate christianity because the founders was a 'JEW' and could be viewed as being racist against the Jewish people
We should cancel TheView because it discriminates against blind people... very degrading to the vision impaired... ACLU get on it... 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 canceltheview boycotttheview
the logo was created by a Native American artists but then white SJWs who feel entitled to be offended for others became outraged and thus have removed native american representation from media even further
A large percentage of Native Americans if not the majority (if not the vast majority) don't find it offensive but w/e.
What? Some catholics are racists....
LIAR
Well oh my God ? This will never end Change hearts ?
But they already changed it...
Daily dose of racism news
ABC is a racist term to your network should be made to take it down.
I agree totally on utube Listen to we are the world it brought tears To my eyes!
Amen!
Well it is a RACIST term and it was so SICKENING, watching a bunch of GROWN ASS MEN, BITCH about a logo and name change
Will there be an end to the vulgar, foul language in rap music blasting from car radios?
A 2016 poll found that Native Americans really didn't care. That didn't push the narrative, so you had some specialists game the survey so that the poll would show what the agenda wanted it to show. Same as all those 'Clinton or Trump' polls in 2016 had her winning 75% of vote 😂
Gods Children, sounds like a religious belief
Hey....2016 survey...remember that? 🤣🤣
Can we also stop that racist tomahawk chop chanting during athletic events?
Its not just Native American activists. Many if not most presidents agree. The term is racist and so is Dan Snyder
Indeed, as well are all equal then ...
Salute the Tuskegee Airmen. New name? WASHINGTON REDTAILS!
Why no outcry for this ABC? Doesn’t fit your narrative?
Bury everything and the lunatic Communist Democrats still won’t be happy, they are incapable of living and enjoying life no matter what they get, they are miserable people that will always hate their country and always look a cause to start trouble over. There hypocrites too !
Your name is offensive, it seems you think your readers are stupid! Why call it ABC? Do you think we are children?! CancellABC
On the left is a poor Native American living on a reservation before they changed the name. On the right is the same family after the name was changed
It’s only racist if you give the word power to be racist.
Sure. Considered it done.
There are three tomatoes sitting in a row. Which one of them is a cowboy?
Sorry to inform you... but yeah ... we are not all equal in all categories. People like you , are twits at best. Truck drivers and strippers are in the same category.
ABC offends me can we abolish it?
Childish antics!
Cool. I don’t ever want to hear the phrases “white privilege” or “white fragility” ever again.
Let's stop with the bandage. I'm Native American and no one seems to think it's bad to keep westerns on TV where they refer to Indians as low as dogs or no good Indian like a dead Indian
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