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In reply to the discussion: Nike Pulls Redskins Online Merchandise, Hours After FedEx Demands a Name Change [View all]thesquanderer
(11,955 posts)15. Maybe Cleveland Indians could change their logo to an image of Gandhi and promote peace!
Although Native Americans were named Indians by accident, the word was not used as a slur like Redskin. So I don't find it as bothersome... but I'm not NA. I wonder what percentage of NAs find it offensive, compared to those who find Redskin offensive? To me it's kind of like the difference between Negro (a word not intended as an insult, whose political acceptability changed over time) and the N word (which was always offensive).
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Nike Pulls Redskins Online Merchandise, Hours After FedEx Demands a Name Change [View all]
greyl
Jul 2020
OP
An African American city named after the first slaveholder in America, and a slaveholder who ran the
lagomorph777
Jul 2020
#51
Maybe Cleveland Indians could change their logo to an image of Gandhi and promote peace!
thesquanderer
Jul 2020
#15
As an Ojibwe, the name Indians isn't as offensive as the NFL team, but the logo, tomahawk
catbyte
Jul 2020
#16
Sadly, some people now think Ghandi may have been a racist, so maybe not
Clash City Rocker
Jul 2020
#23
Man. At some point I think we are just going to have to let go of all "revered" history...
thesquanderer
Jul 2020
#31
The bar for "Epic FAIL" seems to be getting low. I'd have just said "mistake."
thesquanderer
Jul 2020
#22