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re: Why are the Redskins getting so much heat?
Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:37 pm to DelU249
Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:37 pm to DelU249
quote:Indian. The definition has changed. Its genesis if of course due to Columbus's mistake and stubbornness, just as Hitler changed the meaning of Aryan and the swastika.
what is a more accurate description?
redskin
or
indian
Just as "Hispanic" which meant Spaniard (as in, Europe) to the Romans, now means people of mixed Spanish and Native descent living in the Western Hemisphere. Are you suggesting we call them brownskins instead?
This post was edited on 8/21/14 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:52 pm to genro
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Indian
incorrect, while tens of thousands of years ago, they traveled from the land now known as india...they aren't indian. They do however have a skin color most closely resembling red (I'm actually color blind so please don't get into further detail with actual color )and obviously I get where its origins come from; however the original meaning and the current meaning are not the same...which leads me to
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The definition has changed.
what a novel idea...so you mean a word like "redskin" could theoretically not be racist even though it once was
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just as Hitler changed the meaning of Aryan and the swastika.
precisely...and it can change back in 150 years...who the frick knows. You're assuming that only works in one direction...except you're not because you think "indian" is a more accurate description of native americans
words mean, what we want them to mean
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