re: Why are the Redskins getting so much heat?

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country. You don't call a stranger "short stuff" or "big chin" or "darkie" unless you're trying to piss them off. thing as calling Jewish people, "the BigNoses

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with the exception of "darkie" these are all qualities that people are self conscious about because they're considered to be unattractive...

white
black
yellow
red

although not precise, they're just the color of skin, and not really considered to be unattractive qualities. People often use the term "skin color" and "people of color"...so I'm not really getting HOW it is offensive or HOW it is racist...

meanwhile, the Indians should be far more distasteful for those opposing the redskins name. Indian

(while historically understandable because CC though he was in India and NA originally crossed from Asia and shared were for all intents and purposes "indian")

Indians implies they weren't the first settlers of America. It also is referencing a group by their skin color just not as direct as saying "skin", it also has a very undignified logo...Using the same logic as those opposed to redskins...it would be akin to having a logo that was a picture of a black guy with a flat bill or hoodie, big nostrils and lips...

but why redskins? because nobody gives a frick about the Cleveland Indians and if you're trying to manufacture a controversy for the purpose of drawing attention to yourself (coughpeterkingcough) then D.C. with one of the most popular teams is a great place to start

and the moment they had a high profile player with nation wide appeal, this whole "controversy" went up to a new level

it's all bullshite...no one uses the word redskins to demean native americans, the logo is tasteful and dignified, but the real issue is it has a color next to the word skin, and because of issues that no longer exist at a concerning or socially relevant level (racism) people think it's racist without stopping to think why they would believe that

being offended, finding offense, or believing "redskins" is racist, does nothing but prove that those people have not moved beyond these issues and are treading water in the past.