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JohnnyCanuck
NavyDoc
JohnnyCanuck
NavyDoc
Tatanka
The one thing I have noticed on ATS since I started reading is that there are a lot of members who have little respect for first nations people, and a lot of their posts are racist. Not sure how long I want to stick around here, I guess we'll see. I like a lot of the topics being discussed so that's why I joined up.
I'm used to racism, I've dealt with this all of my life.
Please tell me again, how calling some sports team redskins or a cartoon character is honoring. lol
I think that's all I should say now. Just know that a lot of us natives do not feel honored, and many of us do not care because we have bigger things to deal with life.
Why should one be respected just based on what ethnic group they belong to?
More to the point, why should one be denied respect for the same reason?
And then conversely, how is a team name denying one respect?
You're being told by the First Nations that they consider the term "Redskins" insulting . Where it goes from there defines you...not them.
JohnnyCanuck
NavyDoc
JohnnyCanuck
NavyDoc
Tatanka
The one thing I have noticed on ATS since I started reading is that there are a lot of members who have little respect for first nations people, and a lot of their posts are racist. Not sure how long I want to stick around here, I guess we'll see. I like a lot of the topics being discussed so that's why I joined up.
I'm used to racism, I've dealt with this all of my life.
Please tell me again, how calling some sports team redskins or a cartoon character is honoring. lol
I think that's all I should say now. Just know that a lot of us natives do not feel honored, and many of us do not care because we have bigger things to deal with life.
Why should one be respected just based on what ethnic group they belong to?
More to the point, why should one be denied respect for the same reason?
And then conversely, how is a team name denying one respect?
You're being told by the First Nations that they consider the term "Redskins" insulting . Where it goes from there defines you...not them.
whyamIhere
That's right it is downright disgraceful they continue to use the name.
The name stands for everything bad about America.
I personally get offended ever single time I hear their name.
I almost get sick. I taste throw-up in my mouth just thinking about it.
Please change the name. I can't take it. It's beyond disrespectful.
You must drop that no good word "Washington" from your name.
Hail to the Redskins...
"The team moved to Fenway Park (home of the Boston Red Sox) the next year (1933), and Marshall changed the name to the "Redskins" apparently in honor of then-coach William Henry "Lone Star" Dietz, a Native American."