I like how this Chief thinks of the name.,, and these comments are 5 days old... so it’s not old..This is why I oppose the change.., there are many different views and opinions And a very vocal group, not proven to be the majority, don’t like it, why do we do things That take away something from all so as not to offend a few ?
I have some Irish heritage. Do I get to say I’m offended and remove all imagery of leprechauns, st patties day and the fighting Irish at Notre dame? And don’t say it’s different. It is the exact same. Racism knows no skin colour, it is itself racist if one race is excluded from being a victim because of their race.
And in the big picture does changing a name that is some 90 years old because of money, and that the reason for this change... fix anything ?
And is this aboriginal person below wrong because he isn't offended ? Why doesn’t his opinion count?
Chief Walt “Red Hawk” Brown of the Cheroenhaka Tribe, don’t find the name offensive at all. Brown sees it as a representation of his community in broader popular culture — something that doesn’t come around all that often.
“This is a strong symbol that represents my people, my culture, my traditions,” Brown said. “Redskins. Because we are Redskins. That’s what we are.”
He’s strongly opposed to the name being changed. He sees the “eradication” of these symbols as an attack on his culture — an attempt to ignore the experiences of his people.
In Brown’s mind, people who are opposed to the name “Redskins” don’t understand its historical roots.
“We used red paint for healing,” Brown said. “We used it when we went to war. Our skins were red — red from the sun and red from the particular root that we used to put the red paint on our faces, on our arms and on our legs.”
He sees the removal of Native imagery and references as essentially an attempt to whitewash history.
“The solution is to educate, not to eradicate,” he said.
I have some Irish heritage. Do I get to say I’m offended and remove all imagery of leprechauns, st patties day and the fighting Irish at Notre dame? And don’t say it’s different. It is the exact same. Racism knows no skin colour, it is itself racist if one race is excluded from being a victim because of their race.
And in the big picture does changing a name that is some 90 years old because of money, and that the reason for this change... fix anything ?
And is this aboriginal person below wrong because he isn't offended ? Why doesn’t his opinion count?
Chief Walt “Red Hawk” Brown of the Cheroenhaka Tribe, don’t find the name offensive at all. Brown sees it as a representation of his community in broader popular culture — something that doesn’t come around all that often.
“This is a strong symbol that represents my people, my culture, my traditions,” Brown said. “Redskins. Because we are Redskins. That’s what we are.”
He’s strongly opposed to the name being changed. He sees the “eradication” of these symbols as an attack on his culture — an attempt to ignore the experiences of his people.
In Brown’s mind, people who are opposed to the name “Redskins” don’t understand its historical roots.
“We used red paint for healing,” Brown said. “We used it when we went to war. Our skins were red — red from the sun and red from the particular root that we used to put the red paint on our faces, on our arms and on our legs.”
He sees the removal of Native imagery and references as essentially an attempt to whitewash history.
“The solution is to educate, not to eradicate,” he said.
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