Seems one team is going to change name soon.

Things are changing left and right in American

Native Americans don't appreciate that name.

All native Americans? I've heard interviews with plenty of native Americans who didn't give a rip. One did say "If someone wants to be offended for me, I guess that's okay."

What we really need in the world are fewer snowflakes.

One of the Hosts on "the Talk" tv said today, she has a Native American friend, who was highly offended by that name, and worked at having it changed for Years. But it didn't happen til Now.

Rumor has it, the new team name will be
the Washington Thin Skins.

Real snowflakes are offended their name is being used this way
I heard they plan a big protest this winter

So Redskins is offensive but Braves is ok?
Wondering if they would of been less offended if they had been winning more super bowls?

Well, it is a very poorly chosen name. That word was used in colonial times in the worst of derogatory ways for the original inhabitants of the Americas.

Over here we have big issues with our tradition black fellas and St Nicolas. And it continued from there, not just in our country, with things that were called "black XXX".
So I guess black pudding, black berries and so on all will need to be renamed.
Saying "black" is not allowed anymore.
I don't think anyone has complained about "white" yet.

All has to be political correct. Pretty soon "Trans Siberian Express" will give rise to an entirely different type of movie.

Shops here have sold 'Redskin' sweets for my whole life, the hard chewy type that suck your fillings and teeth out, but the name may be changing soon.

I think from history the redskin name came from using red clay for sunscreen and insect repellent. It was fairly common world wide at the time.
Whites didn't bother with using nations' names. Same white attitude also called them Indians.
Many things are called, and/or have images of 'Indians', and head dresses as their logo etc. Will many of them change as well ?

Is coloured sun screen and zinc cream racist ?
Can everything be colourless and translucent ?

No black paint, just very very very dark gray.
No white out, white paint, white snow, white smoke, white teeth, etc. ?
The blues are out. Smurfs can't be discriminated against either.
Orange political things. Out.
I think it's OK to call cowards "yellow", but no one else.
Green about the gills, offensive to both fish and leprechauns.
RIP Prince of Purple.

And what do blind people think about colour discrimination ? I think I would be annoyed. Is their voice heard ?

So many things are named at a time of invasion, and at later times, to be embarrassed about in the future.
Many things in The Great South Land are named after genocidal terrorists and thieves. Very few of those place names have been changed, because that history is not being taught, and Anglophilia is rampant.

Lots of things are under scrutiny. Just now people were ranting about there not being enough curvy models and that not being right.
Where does it end?
Soon we cannot wear skirts as it'll upset gays. We have to rename that.
Poor people might get upset about tights.

In England they had to box in a statue of Churchill because of something he said way back when.
Some, our king among them, had to publicly apologise for actions from the past. WTF is that all about?
I personally find that ridiculous and disgusting. Not sure what he and others had to apologise for, but I imagine slavery is part of it.
And the biggest slavers were black Africans (!!!) and nr 2 Muslims!!. Muslims got 17 million black Africans out of the country. They castrated them, many didn't survive that, so the victim count is much larger than 17 mill.

Apart from that, history is history. Why should we apologise for what happened hundreds of years ago? Everyone did what they thought was right.
In that sense all the to-do today is totally insane and goes way too far.

People(and I use that term loosely) have lost their friggin minds and have way too much time on their hands, we have more serious issues that need to be addressed!
And this is the last comment I'm making on the subject

I agree, people indeed seem to have lost their friggin minds!

It's ******** for sure, the name of my high school teams along with thousands of others is the INDIAN'S!

Pittsburgh Kneelers

somehow this sports topic got turned into a political rant again. hmmmm

Exactly !

In my town, the high school football team is called the Salmon Savages, and use a picture of a native American chief's head as their symbol. Many people find this offensive. It comes up every few years to change it.

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That is very offensive ! In my opinion!

My highschool team name was
the Senators.

As the saying goes "you ain't seen nothin' yet"...just wait until the animals start protesting...the bears say they have had enough already...

In a way one could ask why such names for a sports team are used? Over here they're usually named after their home city, or "Ajax", or like in the UK "Manchester United".
We have nothing here that refers to anything that could be taken the wrong way. Nothing that is sneakily offensive to a group of people.

I find that very offensive too. They should dump the logo as well, unless they are native Am. Indians.