Smithsonian Museum - yet another thread on team name

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I don't know any Native Americans, haven't been in their environment, so I ask this purely out of ignorance:
Is the word "Redskin" seen by the whole race as a hateful word.
I am fairly confident that any black man or woman who is called a n***** by someone outside their personal circle would take offense at it, and it was used often that way very recently.
I guess I don't see the word "Redskin" as that same widespread angst, more so a smaller portion that portrays itself as speaking for the whole.

I think it would be impossible to say a "whole race" with any word. You will always have someone who will "own" the word.

That is what is evolving with the N word. There is a portion of African American society that is taking ownership of the word, and an entirely different portion that is offended by the action. We are discussing shades of gray, not black and white.