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Originally Posted by Hog1
School board votes to keep name Wellpinit Redskins | Spokane/E. WA - KXLY.com
“To me it's a proud name and any school that uses Redskins as their mascot makes me feel proud,” Wellpinit resident Celia Stearns said.
“We decided last night that we weren't going to change it. Talking to a lot of community members, the majority of the community don't want it changed,” Williams said, adding there is too much pride in being a mighty Redskin that he wouldn't want to be one to take that away.
“I think it would be more demeaning to them if we made them change it, in fact I wouldn't want to be on the board if we tried to make them change the name Redskins."
As Thom and Kevin point out.......is ALL this just another example of the Great White Father doing whats best for the lowly incompetent Indian who cannot manage their own lives?
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I wouldn't say ALL - I think there are Native Americans that genuinely offended/concerned/etc... but yeah, I think majority of it is exactly that...
You can tell by the arguments they make... when you start reading into them they either suggest they haven't done any actual looking into the issue as whole, or they don't actually care.
It's hard to convince them of that though... they've convinced themselves they care very much, any suggesting that they don't normally offends them
