If so, why does our society feel that it is OK to use such languange? I am aware that there are many other instances of this happening in our country. (I guess I will leave it at just this, alothough I could really get into a topic like this.)
2007-01-21 10:36:33 · 8 answers · asked by elle 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I'm half Native, and I find it offensive because we aren't red by any stretch of the means. I'm a yellow olive, and many darker Natives are a nice brown. No reddish undertones there.
And who gives a flip about how words used to be used? I don't have freaking red skin--no human does.
2007-01-21 10:39:56 · answer #1 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, could be a potatoe for all I know. Oh, but the symbol is not a potatoe. But what kind of spirit or work ethic can a potatoe inspire?
Should I take offense at the Detroit Lions for all the fearsome and awe inspiring games they have played over the past few years?
Then porcupines need lovin' too.
2007-01-21 11:03:12 · answer #2 · answered by eks_spurt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really do not see the word "Redskin" as a negative term. It is a descriptive term for an American Indian. IT was used for many years without being derrogatory in nature until a number of people in this country that were not actually Indians decided that we should NEVER use it.
Eds
2007-01-21 10:41:59 · answer #3 · answered by Eds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident. Its time for Washington to return as much as the 300 and sixty 5 days 2013. That call is old. in the event that they alter it the international won't end. Stanford have been given rid of Indians, Syracuse have been given rid of orangemen. Its hassle-free to do and its time to do it.
2016-10-07 12:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Not me.
But we can try changing the name to washington "white skins" though... to represent the ratio of players in the team. teehee!
2007-01-21 10:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by venom! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure does mean hardship, not violence or external polution. It is supposed to be after some kind of turkeys or local tribes. Bye.
2007-01-21 10:48:20 · answer #6 · answered by Manny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be stupid to change it for the sake of some modern trend. We cannot, nor should not, deny history.
2007-01-21 10:40:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-01-21 10:39:21 · answer #8 · answered by midlandsharon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋