mikesaninjakillr t1_iusmcmr wrote on November 2, 2022 at 6:48 PM

Reply to comment by Dynas_ in Synder hires BOA to manage sale of Commanders by MSteele1967

It is, was, and will always be racist.

Dynas_ t1_iusr6k4 wrote on November 2, 2022 at 7:18 PM

It's more racist to be offended on behalf of the people it's about who don't think it's racist at all.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/new-poll-finds-9-in-10-native-americans-arent-offended-by-redskins-name/2016/05/18/3ea11cfa-161a-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html

mikesaninjakillr t1_iustjtp wrote on November 2, 2022 at 7:33 PM

Actually the number when surveyed in 2019 was 49%.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/04/native-mascots-survey/

Also maybe we shouldn't have a football team based in our capital city share a name with a racial slur for people our nation committed genocide against. Just kind of a bad look all around.