[h=1]Anti-Redskins commercial to air during NBA Finals[/h] Posted by Michael David Smith on June 10, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT
Getty ImagesOpponents of the name of the Washington Redskins will air their message before a large audience of sports fans tonight.
The Washington Post reports that the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, a tribe based in California, has paid for a 60-second anti-Redskins commercial to run during halftime of tonight’s NBA Finals game. The ad will run in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco and Washington, and the tribe said it made a “significant investment” to purchase the air time.
The commercial begins with a long montage of names and labels that Native Americans call themselves, like “proud” and “forgotten,” “Navajo” and “Blackfoot,” “patriot” and “soldier,” “Jim Thorpe” and “Billy Mills.” It ends with the narrator saying, “Native Americans call themselves many things. The one thing they don’t” and then an image of a Redskins helmet.
A longer version of the ad was posted on YouTube just before the Super Bowl and has been viewed nearly 2 million times.
For more go the changethemascot.org
It's a slur.
Even if it was a positive generalization (as some claim) that is still harmful to society as it perpetuates a stereotype at the expense of non-militant Native Americans in portraying them, as a whole, as warmongers.
But stereotypes are not necessarily racist.
It's about time. People need to grow up and stop supporting racial slurs as "tradition".
When they change all the other teams with Indian names, then I'll give a **** about this stupidity.[h=1]Anti-Redskins commercial to air during NBA Finals[/h] Posted by Michael David Smith on June 10, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT
Getty ImagesOpponents of the name of the Washington Redskins will air their message before a large audience of sports fans tonight.
The Washington Post reports that the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, a tribe based in California, has paid for a 60-second anti-Redskins commercial to run during halftime of tonight’s NBA Finals game. The ad will run in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco and Washington, and the tribe said it made a “significant investment” to purchase the air time.
The commercial begins with a long montage of names and labels that Native Americans call themselves, like “proud” and “forgotten,” “Navajo” and “Blackfoot,” “patriot” and “soldier,” “Jim Thorpe” and “Billy Mills.” It ends with the narrator saying, “Native Americans call themselves many things. The one thing they don’t” and then an image of a Redskins helmet.
A longer version of the ad was posted on YouTube just before the Super Bowl and has been viewed nearly 2 million times.
For more go the changethemascot.org
Save yourself the effort, Eco is a racist victim pusher, you'll only go in semantic circles discussing the subject with him.But stereotypes are not necessarily racist. Racism requires that the racist considers himself superior by virtue of his race. When we use the term redskin are we claiming that white people are superior? 150 years ago? Probably. Today. I'm not so sure.
Honestly there are alot more important things to worry about.
Where in the history of that team can you tell me that "Redskins" was ever meant to be racist?
Where is that disconnect, anyone? I'm guessing no consideration of social. Probably defines racism individually, equating it with bigotry.
And socially the Redskins in this context has no racism attached to it.
I was referring to the commercial that is just some butthurt tribe that needs something else to do.
Really? How about the Redskins change their name to the Washington Negroes, with emblems of Aunt Jemima on their helmets? You wouldn't think that's racist either? Because it's the same damn thing.
False, greater context. Like a black person being unable to escape racial injustice and a white can, the term cannot escape injustice inhereted from the higher context (in the case of racism, societal).
And a youtube video? Good day.
Anti-Redskins commercial to air during NBA Finals
Is there even a definitive consensus on this from the Native American community?
It's a slur.
They've been called the Redskins for what, 77 years? Why now, within the last year, has it become such an issue? Why not when they were winning Super Bowl championships?
I wonder how white people would feel if the U.S. was dominated by Native Americans who conquered them a few hundred years ago and had team names like the "Alabama Pasties", "North Carolina Crackers", "Mississippi White Trash".
Really? How about the Redskins change their name to the Washington Negroes, with emblems of Aunt Jemima on their helmets? You wouldn't think that's racist either? Because it's the same damn thing.
Really? How about the Redskins change their name to the Washington Negroes, with emblems of Aunt Jemima on their helmets? You wouldn't think that's racist either? Because it's the same damn thing.
It's a slur.
Even if it was a positive generalization (as some claim) that is still harmful to society as it perpetuates a stereotype at the expense of non-militant Native Americans in portraying them, as a whole, as warmongers.
Have you ever seen the logo? Please tell me what is offensive about it. Fight song is "Hail to the Redskins".
Have you ever seen the logo? Please tell me what is offensive about it. Fight song is "Hail to the Redskins".
Anyone taking away from that anything offensive is just looking to be offended on purpose.
I am of Italian decent, 2nd generation. The term Wop is intended to be an insult from the get go. As was frog, Mick, Polack and others.My wife's Metis and last Christmas we had a bunch of her relatives over. A poll in my living room found that three out of three Natives thought the name sucks and should be changed.
They didn't like the Cleveland Indians logo, either.
You don't get to decide if Wop is offensive unless you're Italian, or if Frog is offensive unless you're French or Polack unless you're Polish, etc., so unless you're Native...
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