Daniel · 8 answers · 3y

The football team "Washington Redskins" will change their name and their logo. Is that good and neccesary?

I’ll be honest with you, ever since I was a child, the name never sat well with me. Yes— please change it. Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben rice and a restaurant that we used to frequent w my family called Sambo’s also gave me the same feeling.

Their logo was designed by the president of the National Congress of American Indians. https://youtu.be/40SFqadRTQ0 I don't see it as a problem, but it's up to the owners. From the native perspective, it's by no means clearly one way or the other.

Its up to the business I guess. I'm unaware of any history involving the name but its traditional brand heritage vs modern day sensitivities. Being a sport-team I can't see the brand being too heavily effected by a name change.

It depends on what the Native Americans actually think. I used to think it was more SJWs looking for something to complain about than anything else (I think i'd heard about the Washington Post's poll result in slag's link), but according to that link poll results vary, from 10% up to like 67% or something of Native Americans being offended, so it's not really clear how Native Americans actually feel about it.

It's been a long time coming. The only reason they got away with it for this long is because of how insignificant a demographic the native population is. They're a very iconic team that's been around for ages so it'll be strange seeing them go by a different name. At first anyway.

Sure, I mean I can't believe that name made it into the 21st century, it's like naming your team the Darkies SMH

first I wanted to share this article bc I think it's important to note how actual Native Americans feel about it https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/washington-redskins-former-name-native-americans-polled/65-34f758ac-75c9-4d8e-8e2d-e780b5ab4f3b

but yes, I think it's good. it is a drop in the bucket compared to the all the reparations that Native Americans deserve but there's no harm in getting rid of a literal slur as a sports team name

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