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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33
Bottom line, the Skins are a private entity, if folks don't like the name, don't buy tickets, buy merchandise, or watch the games. If someone has a problem, make another on-line petition like the one with 48 signatures mentioned earlier in the thread, and get it to DS (good luck with that).
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Yes they are a private entity and no one is forcing anyone to watch Redskin games or buy merchandise. At the sametime on some level the team name is racist. I kinda find it funny in todays society that there is still a sports team with a racial slur as their team name.
I think its kinda sad when people start throwing out terms like "private entity". Thats kinda saying I know its a racial slur but people cant do anything about it so deal with it. That same attitude was the same attitude this Country had against African-Americans until the race stood up for themselves. The problem is their arent enough Native-Americans to really voice their anger over the team name imo compared to other races in this Country.
Like I have said before I have no huge problem with it because I do know that the team honors Indians and they dont mean for the team name to be offensive. As A Redskins fan im happy we still have the team name. At the sametime I do realize that it is also used as a racial slur. I do believe in time the team name will be changed. It may be 50 years from now but it will be changed soon enough.
As for the online petition those really mean nothing either way. Im sure the number of Indians who find the name offensive is alot higher than 48. The problem is when compared to the rest of this country the Indian population is quite small. If it was any other race of people the team name was offending the team name would of been changed a long time ago.