The Washington Redskins should be forced to change their name. The term “Redskin” means a person with red skin referring to Indians. It also comes from the scalping of indians causing blood to rush down their faces making their skin red. The name is considered a racial slur. It is the equivalent to having a team named “N**ger”(Redskin slang). Since the name has remained the same, people think it is okay to call indians this name(Haden). People who disagree with changing the name point out the poll that shows 90% of natives aren’t offended by the team name(Cox). However, there was a survey in 2014 saying that 66% of indians living on the reservation are offended. Speculations are made wondering if the poll was bias. Another reason why the Redskins should change their name is because the team loses revenue for keeping an offensive name(Keating). Due to the offensive name the supreme court appealed the registration and trademark for the Washington football team(Person). Those against this claim would argue about the owner of the team clinging to the name. Dan Snyder won’t give up the name because of …show more content…
His grandfather rolled down the window and yelled “Hey Redskin, get in the back!” Jeff looked up at his grandfather shocked. Later Jeff asked his grandfather why he said it, and his grandfather couldn’t muster up an answer. He didn’t think there was anything wrong with calling someone that name. Nobody had ever cared enough to get offended by this racial slur. Until one later someone did care. Jeff and his grandfather were at a grocery when he said the name in a greeting. “Please don’t call me that Mr. Smith,” said Joe Joe’s grandfather was quick to apologize to Joe. Later that day Joe had asked “I thought you said there was nothing wrong with that word.” Mr. Smith responded saying that he didn’t think anything of the word, but a man should be called what he
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The Redskins name symbolizes the organizations past, present and future. Coaches, players, and dedicated fans are concerned that the franchise will lose the support of the community and funding if a campaign to change the Redskins name is not implemented.
There has been many controversy with teams using Native American name for mascots and has become a major issue in today’s society. Many have viewed the Washington Redskins as honor for Native Americans, others see it racist, insensitive, and demeaning. Woods (2016) claims that “the complaint is that the use of stereotypical team names, mascots, and logos perpetuates an ideology that dehumanizes and demeans the cultures of Native Americans” (p. 298). Since the issue arise, many scholars, journalists and leaders have joined the battle to ensure that each team will eliminate the nicknames since it is considered abusive or hostile. It may take time but the trend is growing. More than 1,400 professional, collegiate,
Over the past few years, a plethora of different arguments have been brought up concerning the name of the Washington Redskins, an NFL team that plays their games in Landover, Maryland. Although some of these arguments have been brought up by those who feel offended, some of the fighting has been done by people who have no reason to be offended, but rather are willing to fight for someone else. This controversy has been blown out of proportion by those who feel the need to have their voices heard, yet the decision has already been made concerning the team keeping their name. If the word Redskin and the team name Redskins was as bad as the people fighting make it out to be, every writer in every publication would feel the need to stop using
The word redskin is both offensive and degrading to the Native Americans, and is a word that should be banned in the United States. Most people simply think “ What is the harm in the word redskin?”. For most people they do not realize that it seems the word is harmless but it’s actually offensive to others. If we go around using this word, we are teaching young people it's okay to use the word “blackie” to african americans, or that it's okay to Caucasian“whitie”. The world also holds negative association so when you use it towards someone it seems as if you're trying to call them a hurtful name. It’s not a literal insult but it’s not something we should be saying. The National Football League has a professional team named the Washington Redskins,
Although Native Americans have told ESPN and the owner of the team that they disliked the term redskin and that they are not comfortable being a mascot or subject to slurs, the name is unsuccessful to do so. Many natives are seen protesting on the street showing people that they want a name change and to raise awareness of
Native Americans are truly offended by the team name “Red Skins”. According to “America now” page 71: “Non-native Americans might not understand how deep the term “redskins” cuts into ancient wounds that never quite healed and maybe it’s not reasonable to expect them to because of the hurt they feel. Every time Dan Snyder refuses to change his NFL team’s name, even with tribes paying for powerful ads in opposition, the wounds of Native Americans seem to continue to bleed and may even be cut a bit more deeper…Snyder plunges a long twisted blade into our hearts (Holmes, 71).
When one typically thinks about a Native American, they picture this ideological representation of a Native American as depicted by popular culture. Native Americans are underrepresented on television, in books, in news, and all other forms of media. We, as a society, have chosen a path of ignorance in which we have chosen not to educate ourselves or our future generations on the true culture of Native Americans. We have ignored the negative impacts of using mascots such as “Redskins” and instead let it serve as a stereotype to fill our heads with unrealistic views and understandings of Native American culture. The resulting misconceptions leave many Native American students with a feeling of inferiority and questioning their self-worth.
The big overall issue here is that an overwhelming majority of Native Americans do not consider the issue of the name “Redskins” very important. Most will say they don't mind it, and some will even say they like it. Native Americans will call other natives ‘Redskins’ as well.
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‘Hush, Rufe.’ I put my hand on his shoulder to quiet him. Apparently I’d hit the nerve I’d aimed at. ‘I didn’t say you were trash. I said how’d you like to be called trash. I see you don’t like it. I don’t like being called nigger either.’ (61)
Teams that have the name like Redskins, Indians, and Red Raiders are racist terms used as mascots. Interchange the name with the Negroes, the Jews or the Asians and that sounds even worse but, it all means the same thing. They are all racist terms that no one should use to represent something like a team name. According to racismagainstindians.org, Native Americans were banned from practicing their own religion and would be often thrown in jail if they were caught all the way up to 1978. But when nonnative people at sporting events would dance and sing their songs it would be completely okay. This makes no sense,
Currently in the NFL, the Washington Redskins are being faced with a staggering controversy: Should they change they change their mascot as a result of Native Americans viewing it is a racial discriminatory (Angle 2016)? Dating back to 1933, when the Washington NFL team abandoned the original title of “Braves” and adopted “Redskins,” the debate has since been longstanding (Hylton 2014). Native Americans are challenging the team to rid them, along with all team mascot names relating to their culture countrywide, of their title, but the mascot names have no negative connotation and should not be protested against. The controversy relates back to the 1900s when Native Americans began to feel oppressed and teams began using their titles as mascot (Brady 2016).
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Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" focuses on different marriages , and how individual characters view these unions in the 19th century . The characters in the novel portray the many delicate reasons why women got married. Marriages in this book were based between upper and middle classes. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife", Jane Austen provides this statement as the first line in her novel. Marriage was the most important theme throughout the novel.