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Date Posted: 16:40:26 11/06/13 Wed
Author: Bearman
Author Host/IP: 65.129.215.166
Subject: Re: {facepalm} Fine. Keep your precious Redskins.
In reply to: Buc2 's message, "Re: {facepalm} Fine. Keep your precious Redskins." on 16:30:39 11/06/13 Wed

>>I'm so sorry to have disrupted the mutual
>>respect-a-thon.
>
>I don't get the big deal either, Ceeb. Not on this
>one. Just change the fucking name already. And yes...
>I get it... Not ALL American Indians find the name
>offensive. You know... like the one's like Ducky who's
>grandmother's grandmother was an American Indian.

CBS � But the thoughts and beliefs of native people are the basis of the debate over changing the team name. And looking across the breadth of Native America � with 2 million Indians enrolled in 566 federally recognized tribes, plus another 3.2 million who tell the Census they are Indian � it�s difficult to tell how many are opposed to the name. The controversy has peaked in the last few days. President Barack Obama said Saturday he would consider getting rid of the name if he owned the team, and the NFL took the unprecedented step Monday of promising to meet with the Oneida Indian Nation, which is waging a national ad campaign against the league. What gets far less attention, though, is this: There are Native American schools that call their teams Redskins. The term is used affectionately by some natives, similar to the way the N-word is used by some African-Americans. In the only recent poll to ask native people about the subject, 90 percent of respondents did not consider the term offensive, although many question the cultural credentials of the respondents.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/08/how-many-native-americans-think-redskins-is-a-slur/

But
>some do. Apparently enough to cause this great debate.
>If I were an American Indian, I'd probably find the
>name offensive as well. But its tradition they say.
>Well, wah fucking wah. In the meantime, let's open up
>retail stores on Thanksgiving and to fuck with your
>tradition, eh?

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