| Should the Washington Redskins change their name?
This is something I was thinking about recently.
Basically, the word "Redskin" serves only one purpose -- to degrade Native Americans. Right? Like the Florida State Seminoles... okay, they can say it's an homage to a certain tribe, and the Atlanta Braves can say similarly. The Cleveland Indians is pretty bad, but at least the word "Indian" used to be a fairly acceptable term for Native Americans.
But the word REDSKIN is just a racial epithet, plain and simple. The more I think about it, the crazier it seems that there's an NFL football team called the Redskins!
What if the Saints were moved to LA, and called the Compton N*ggers!? |