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Old 07-14-2008, 05:17 PM   #23
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Re: Judge Sides With Redskins in Team Name Suit

It's not that the term "redskin" is offensive as much as it is another example of the majority using the culture of a minority for profit without comprehension of it's meaning. Putting on headdresses, doing a tomahawk chop while chanting or calling oneself a "brave" is rude and demeaning. However, is it any more so than suburban kids listening to rap music? The difference is that Johnny lives in a cul-de-sac while promoting himself as a straight up gangsta with all of the vernacular and actions associated with another culture every day while he is spending his parents money and giving it to the industry that is fed off of his ignorance and stupidity. Our money goes to the NFL and Snyder, not an American Indian.
As long as mainstream news can and do use a racist term like "Indian Summer" to describe those untrustworthy and sneaky days of heat, I'll wear my Redskins shirt with pride and lament the day that Wanchese and Manteo welcomed a boat of Europeans into this land.
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