British Parliament Members don't approve of the Washington Redskins Name
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British Parliament Members Write Letter to Roger Goodell Regarding Redskins Name By Adam Wells, Featured Columnist Feb 24, 2016
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Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports26.3KReadsThe NFL has been handed another stern request to change Washington's team name from the Redskins.
Per a Wednesday report by Mike Wise of The Undefeated (viaESPN.com), two members of British Parliament, Ruth Smeeth and Ian Austin, sent a "strongly worded letter" to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell urging him to "at the minimum, send a different team to our country to represent the sport, one that does not promote a racial slur."
Ideally, per the letter that was dated Feb. 2, Goodell and the NFL would change the team's nickname: "The exportation of this racial slur to the U.K. this autumn, when the Washington team is due to play, directly contravenes the values that many in Britain have worked so hard to instill."
Smeeth expanded on her thoughts from the letter, telling Wise in a phone interview she and Austin are "quite clear that sport is a vehicle for cultural change and celebration of what's best about society rather than hate and division. That's why bringing in new racial slurs to Britain is unacceptable. This is not the way we would want Native Americans introduced to our country."
Wise added that Smeeth and Austin were among the group from Parliament who met with members of the Change the Mascot campaign last month, and "no nation has stricter anti-racism laws in sports, due in part to disturbing incidents encountered by black soccer players over the years, including having banana peels and monkey chants hurled at them during matches."
In addition to the letter from Smeeth and Austin, Wise noted Wembley Stadium has "its own anti-racism charter, including the banishment of 'racial, homophobic or discriminatory abuse, chanting or harassment.'"
A Wembley spokesperson told Wise that "the issue over Washington's name is now being discussed internally."
Washington is scheduled to take on the Cincinnati Bengals at Wembley Stadium in London on Oct. 30. NFL Vice President of Communications Brian McCarthy told Wise in an email that "a team's name is a club decision. We recognize there are strong views on both sides of this."
Washington owner Dan Snyder said in 2014 the team's nickname is a term of honor and respect, and he has no plans to change it. Last year, a federal judge ordered the team's trademark registration be cancelled on grounds that the nickname may be derogatory to Native Americans. t
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Losers.
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French and Indian war still stings much?
French and Indian war still stings much?
That is GREAT !!! lol
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French and Indian war still stings much?
That is GREAT !!! lol
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There was no war. We magnanimously granted India its independence after carefully fostering the growth of their country over the years...
And france are our friends. Nope, nothing to see there
To OP - pointless. We (not just the UK but the west in general) bend over backwards to accommodate everyone else's cultural history, but not our own. The redskins name is a part of america's cultural history, and while there's a debate to be had *there* about the continued use of the name, it's damn sure none of our business.
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Our local high schools mascot's name are the Redskins. Maybe it's because I live in a rural county but I am kind of surprised there hasn't been any controversy over it yet. Maybe yet is the key word?
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There was no war. We magnanimously granted India its independence after carefully fostering the growth of their country over the years...
And france are our friends. Nope, nothing to see there
To OP - pointless. We (not just the UK but the west in general) bend over backwards to accommodate everyone else's cultural history, but not our own. The redskins name is a part of america's cultural history, and while there's a debate to be had *there* about the continued use of the name, it's damn sure none of our business.
There was no war. We magnanimously granted India its independence after carefully fostering the growth of their country over the years...
And I thought Brits had such a long memory they could go back to the 1700's.
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And I thought Brits had such a long memory they could go back to the 1700's.
the 1700s? I can see why you would think history only goes back that far...
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And I thought Brits had such a long memory they could go back to the 1700's.
the 1700s? I can see why you would think history only goes back that far...
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I'm not an overly PC guy, I get extremely irritated when people manufacture offense out of thin air...which the PC crowd does a lot. Like students at Harvard protesting the title of "masters" when you get your masters in something. That's bullshit conjuring. The stuff with the Native americans though, I think if they held a vote amongst all of them and came to the conclusion that the name really did used to be a racial slur against them (it was no debate)...than I think we can let them have that one no? It directly relates to them, they're not a bunch of over indulged self absorbed pious pete white folk looking for something to give momentary meaning to their useless selfie loving lives.
Companies rebrand all the time. Maybe the Redskins organization can, gasp, get together with Native americans and perhaps come up with alternatives that are acceptable but don't diverge 180 degrees from the org's current branding. Or not I dunno it's up to them.
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I'm not an overly PC guy, I get extremely irritated when people manufacture offense out of thin air...which the PC crowd does a lot. Like students at Harvard protesting the title of "masters" when you get your masters in something. That's bullshit conjuring. The stuff with the Native americans though, I think if they held a vote amongst all of them and came to the conclusion that the name really did used to be a racial slur against them (it was no debate)...than I think we can let them have that one no? It directly relates to them, they're not a bunch of over indulged self absorbed pious pete white folk looking for something to give momentary meaning to their useless selfie loving lives.
Companies rebrand all the time. Maybe the Redskins organization can, gasp, get together with Native americans and perhaps come up with alternatives that are acceptable but don't diverge 180 degrees from the org's current branding. Or not I dunno it's up to them.
I'm not an overly PC guy, I get extremely irritated when people manufacture offense out of thin air...which the PC crowd does a lot. Like students at Harvard protesting the title of "masters" when you get your masters in something. That's bullshit conjuring. The stuff with the Native americans though, I think if they held a vote amongst all of them and came to the conclusion that the name really did used to be a racial slur against them (it was no debate)...than I think we can let them have that one no? It directly relates to them, they're not a bunch of over indulged self absorbed pious pete white folk looking for something to give momentary meaning to their useless selfie loving lives.
Companies rebrand all the time. Maybe the Redskins organization can, gasp, get together with Native americans and perhaps come up with alternatives that are acceptable but don't diverge 180 degrees from the org's current branding. Or not I dunno it's up to them.
They didn't seem to mind it too much when George Allen and Joe Gibbs had them beating the Cowboys a lot more frequently.
I think the Native Americans were a lot more pissed when they were informed Christopher Columbus discovered America.
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Don't change the name, just the logo. Use a potato.
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As a person of Native American descent, I don't find the name "redskin" endearing but I'm not really offended by it either.
However, to put things into perspective lets turn the tables and call them the Washington Blackskins.
Then we can see how fast that name would change.
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As a person of Native American descent, I don't find the name "redskin" endearing but I'm not really offended by it either.
However, to put things into perspective lets turn the tables and call them the Washington Blackskins.
Then we can see how fast that name would change.
As a person of Native American descent, I don't find the name "redskin" endearing but I'm not really offended by it either.
However, to put things into perspective lets turn the tables and call them the Washington Blackskins.
Then we can see how fast that name would change.
Let me guess, your part Cherokee. Like so many others who 'claim' to be of indian decent. Horseshit.
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As a person of Native American descent, I don't find the name "redskin" endearing but I'm not really offended by it either.
However, to put things into perspective lets turn the tables and call them the Washington Blackskins.
Then we can see how fast that name would change.
Let me guess, your part Cherokee. Like so many others who 'claim' to be of indian decent. Horseshit.
My father is a Crow Indian.Let me guess, your part Cherokee. Like so many others who 'claim' to be of indian decent. Horseshit.
Let me guess, your part asshole.
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My father is a Crow Indian.Let me guess, your part Cherokee. Like so many others who 'claim' to be of indian decent. Horseshit.
Let me guess, your part asshole.
My father is a Crow Indian.
Let me guess, your part asshole.
'Part'. Ha!
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My father is a Crow Indian.
Let me guess, your part asshole.
'Part'. Ha!
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