Judge Sides With Redskins in Team Name Suit

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Originally Posted by itvnetop

In polls where I've seen NA support for the term "redskins" and other sports mascots, college-educated NA are actually the total opposite. Those in college are overwhelmingly against these names.

I don't believe this is the case. From the Univ. of Penn study referenced: "Annenberg polled 768 Indians in every state except Hawaii and Alaska from Oct. 7, 2003, to Sept. 20, 2004. The survey found little disparity between men and women or young and old. However, 13 percent of Indians with college degrees said the name is offensive, compared with 9 percent of those with some college and 6 percent of those with a high school education or less. Among self-identified liberals, 14 percent found the term disparaging, compared with 6 percent of conservatives."

There is not a "total opposite" shift in opinion with college educated Native Americans.

SI also did an article on this back in 2002:

SI.com - Magazine - SI Flashback: The Indian Wars - Wednesday August 17, 2005 10:10AM

The percentages in their polls were not 90/10, but around 70/30, still a big majority not offended. The main point in the SI article is that there's a big disconnect between Native American activists and the Native American people.