Skins getting heat again over name issue

[sdskinsfan2001]

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[MTK]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

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Basically it's like pissing in the wind

[sdskinsfan2001]

If we change to the Redhawks or Redtails you can just update the banner to say FlightPath.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

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I love punch but he is such a dick face sometimes. But agree with this graph

[rocnrik]

The latest is Eskimo pie ice cream is being renamed .. so is now the word Eskimo bad? .. is it okay to say Chinese food ? Italian sausage ? Is the word southern bad ? Is it bad to say yankee ?? I say the Yankees is a slur .. should the dictionary be re written ? It’s not okay to call your Boss boss .. The word Indian is bad so how about a Indian restaurant? What the hell has happened to this world .. it’s like a George Carlin comedy show ! Facebook is a damn joke , on most forums people show no respect .. people type out STFU but would never step up and say it to your face .. most of the discussion here end up being pissing contest .. What has happened to common decency? This world is in real trouble .. the Redskin name is the least of anybody’s problem ..

[mooby]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

The latest is Es***o pie ice cream is being renamed .. so is now the word Es***o bad? .. is it okay to say Ch***se food ? It***an sausage ? Is the word southern bad ? Is it bad to say ya***e ?? I say the Yan***s is a slur .. should the dictionary be re written ? It’s not okay to call your B**s b**s .. The word In***n is bad so how about a In***n restaurant? What the hell has happened to this world .. it’s like a George Ca***n comedy show ! F*c*b**k is a damn joke , on most forums people show no respect .. people type out S**U but would never step up and say it to your face .. most of the discussion here end up being pi**ing contest .. What has happened to common decency? This world is in real trouble .. the Re****n name is the least of anybody’s problem ..

Quick, Matty, ban this guy before people think we're ok with him saying all these slurs on here!

[BaltimoreSkins]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

The latest is Eskimo pie ice cream is being renamed .. so is now the word Eskimo bad? .. is it okay to say Chinese food ? Italian sausage ? Is the word southern bad ? Is it bad to say yankee ?? I say the Yankees is a slur .. should the dictionary be re written ? It’s not okay to call your Boss boss .. The word Indian is bad so how about a Indian restaurant? What the hell has happened to this world .. it’s like a George Carlin comedy show ! Facebook is a damn joke , on most forums people show no respect .. people type out STFU but would never step up and say it to your face .. most of the discussion here end up being pissing contest .. What has happened to common decency? This world is in real trouble .. the Redskin name is the least of anybody’s problem ..

I would say the difference is that Indian and Eskimo where names given to describe people and not the names the people use themselves. These were the names given by European colonizers at the time to describe them. (Blame FrenchSkins people for the term Eskimo)

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by BaltimoreSkins

I would say the difference is that Indian and Eskimo where names given to describe people and not the names the people use themselves. These were the names given by European colonizers at the time to describe them. (Blame FrenchSkins people for the term Eskimo)

I'd say the Eskimo refers to the ice cream being cold. When have you ever heard anyone claim to be offended by an Eskimo Pit ice cream sandwich? Or pancake mix? Or a band name (Lady Antebellum)? Or Uncle Ben's rice? Gone with the Wind? College kids doing alligator arms at a Gators football game? The Texas Rangers baseball team, named after law enforcement? Hell, there's a real petition circulating in Ohio to rename the town of Columbus "Flavortown". In California, they passed a law saying that the word "manhole" is illegal, they're now to be called "maintenance holes". I'm waiting for Blacksmiths and Blacktoppers to be banned.

It's like The Onion's craziest stories are reality now.



These things are not being attacked because they were designed to be racist or even because people are legitimately offended, there's just a power trip right now by a segment of the population intent on "fundamentally transforming America", or in other words...destroying its history.


Did you hear about UVA's "racist" sword logo? Now wavy lines are racist!

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/articl...rpentine-walls

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

I'd say the Eskimo refers to the ice cream being cold. When have you ever heard anyone claim to be offended by an Eskimo Pit ice cream sandwich? Or pancake mix? Or a band name (Lady Antebellum)? Or Uncle Ben's rice? Gone with the Wind? College kids doing alligator arms at a Gators football game? The Texas Rangers baseball team, named after law enforcement? Hell, there's a real petition circulating in Ohio to rename the town of Columbus "Flavortown". In California, they passed a law saying that the word "manhole" is illegal, they're now to be called "maintenance holes". I'm waiting for Blacksmiths and Blacktoppers to be banned.

It's like The Onion's craziest stories are reality now.



These things are not being attacked because they were designed to be racist or even because people are legitimately offended, there's just a power trip right now by a segment of the population intent on "fundamentally transforming America", or in other words...destroying its history.


Did you hear about UVA's "racist" sword logo? Now wavy lines are racist!

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/articl...rpentine-walls

MD...add this to the list traffic signal thingys

The Unintentional Racism Found in Traffic Signals

https://level.medium.com/the-uninten...s-b2899c34fefb

I thought it was satire...nope

[Back2RFK]

Originally Posted by BaltimoreSkins

I would say the difference is that Indian and Eskimo where names given to describe people and not the names the people use themselves. These were the names given by European colonizers at the time to describe them. (Blame FrenchSkins people for the term Eskimo)

Actuall the Term Redskin was a term the indians use.


1769: The first unchallenged use of the word “redskin” occurs when a British lieutenant colonel translates a letter from an Indian chief promising safe passage if the officer visited his tribe in the Upper Mississippi Valley.

“I shall be pleased to have you come to speak to me yourself if you pity our women and our children; and, if any redskins do you harm, I shall be able to look out for you even at the peril of my life,” Chief Mosquito said in his letter, according to a 2005 study by Ives Goddard, the Smithsonian’s senior linguist emeritus.

[JackLord]

Originally Posted by Back2RFK

Actuall the Term Redskin was a term the indians use.


1769: The first unchallenged use of the word “redskin” occurs when a British lieutenant colonel translates a letter from an Indian chief promising safe passage if the officer visited his tribe in the Upper Mississippi Valley.

“I shall be pleased to have you come to speak to me yourself if you pity our women and our children; and, if any redskins do you harm, I shall be able to look out for you even at the peril of my life,” Chief Mosquito said in his letter, according to a 2005 study by Ives Goddard, the Smithsonian’s senior linguist emeritus.

Indeed true. As this issue has metastasized over the years, nobody bothered to note that Indians do not have red colored skin.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by JackLord

Indeed true. As this issue has metastasized over the years, nobody bothered to note that Indians do not have red colored skin.

https://www.kateritekakwitha.org/anc...in/legends.htm

Masimin Dyes
Blue, black and red were the most difficult dyes or colors to obtain among the Indians. They were kept most preciously, and were used only on special occasions such as ceremonial feasts.

The Indians would paint their faces and their bodies, using these colored dyes for their secret markings. The women were entrusted with this form of decoration, working at times an entire day on one single body. Red and yellow ochres were also used.

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http://httr4life.com/native-american...-word-redskin/


In May of last year, another Native American, Robert “Two Eagles” Green, who retired from his presiding role over the 1300-member Patawomeck Tribe in March of that year, spoke on an NFL Sirius Radio show. Green said he would be offended IF the name is changed. The story didn’t receive much publicity but here are Green’s quotes that also point to the origin of the name.

“I think that first of all, you have to make a decision whether you consider it offensive or not, and frankly, the members of my tribe, the vast majority, don’t find it offensive,” Green said. “I’ve been a Redskins fan for years and to be honest with you, I would be offended if they did change it.”

“And I think what you have to do is look at where the term Redskin was originated. There’s some that give the term Redskins a negative connotation to indicate that it was created by the white man, to offend the Indians. But in reality, the term Redskins came from the Indians. And they referred to themselves often times, in treaty negotiations and meetings with the early settlers, as Redskins.

“So it’s not a term that the white man created. It’s actually a term that the Indians themselves created. I just think we have people in this country that try and gin up problems that don’t exist.”

“Now, our investigation into the term goes back pretty far – to 1608 – when John Smith was traveling from Jamestown to meet with the Indian people, and he remarked in his diary that when they’re born, they’re as white as we are. It’s only as they age that their skin darkens.

“And we believe that that was a reason for that. We use a bug repellent, for lack of a better term, that was made up of animal fat and the dye of the Puccoon plant. And coincidentally, the Puccoon dye, when it’s crushed and dyed, is red. And so for years, the Indian people were rubbing this red dye into their skin. And some of the other early settlers remarked that their skin turns red. So, was that a comment meant to denigrate the Indian people? I don’t think so. I don’t think the name was created by George Preston Marshall to be offensive.”

“And if you look at the logo, there’s nothing offensive about the logo. I think one of the great things about the logo is that it’s an Eastern Indian, and they didn’t go to the full warhead headdress and things. It was never intended to be offensive. I think that sometimes, we’re a little too touchy in our society these days.”