9 out of 10 Native Americans are not offended by the Washington Redskins' name

[CF DolFan]

Despite the decades-long controversy surrounding the Washington Redskins' name, an overwhelming nine out of 10 Native Americans say they are not offended by it, a Washington Post poll revealed.
Only nine percent of the 504 people surveyed in every state from December to April found the football team's name derogatory, even though the term is defined in the Oxford dictionary as 'dated, or offensive'.


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I've never had an issue with it and it appears most Indians do not either. I'm sure it won't stop the politically correct police because they are more informed than those who should be offended.

[Phishfan]

I think the key is that this is a dated term. If we were in the old west it would probably be fighting words but in my time on earth I have never heard the term used, outside of a western movie, for anything except referring to the football team. I've decided I'm not picking up this fight because it isn't my team and my limited amount of Native American blood doesn't give me credibility to be offended.

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I think the key is that this is a dated term. If we were in the old west it would probably be fighting words but in my time on earth I have never heard the term used, outside of a western movie, for anything except referring to the football team. I've decided I'm not picking up this fight because it isn't my team and my limited amount of Native American blood doesn't give me credibility to be offended.

This.  I'm 1/16 Cherokee...so should I be 1/16 offened CF used the term "Indian"?

[CF DolFan]

At this point I guess more people have some sort of Native American blood in their veins than not. I am Creek from my mothers grandmother who was full blooded. Not sure that makes me anything more than a mutt.

[Cathal]

Well, if the people who everyone thought would be offended by it are not actually offended by it then I suppose it's time to just drop the argument.

[Spider-Dan]

Just to clarify:

If one poll finds that a majority of Native Americans are not offended by the Washington Redskins' name, and that is hard proof that the name should not be changed, then if TWO newer polls come out showing that a majority of them are offended by the name, is that hard proof that the name should be changed?

Because you can't exactly have it both ways.  You can't say, "I don't care about bowing to opinion polls and Political Correctness," and then say, "The opinion polls are in my favor today, therefore we should listen to them."

[Dolphster]

The government's view is that Native Americans just don't realize that they are supposed to be offended.  So the government will be offended for them.  Thank god we have the government to tell us what we should and shouldn't be offended by.   

[Fau Teixeira]

to do otherwise would be to practice a system where the tyranny of the majority rules

[Dave Gray]

It's not really whether or not people are offended by it.  It's a question of whether or not a racial slur is an appropriate name for a sports team.  I'm not offended by it, myself, but i think they should change it.

[BuccaneerBrad]

It's not really whether or not people are offended by it.  It's a question of whether or not a racial slur is an appropriate name for a sports team.  I'm not offended by it, myself, but i think they should change it.

Do you consider Redskins a racial slur?