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Amazon pulls Washington Redskins merchandise from website

• hirundo 6y ago
  > The survey, as reported by the Washington Post, asked 500 people who identify as Native American to pick from a list of words which one best described their feelings about the Redskins name. The word most picked was “proud.” https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/08/10/poll-of-native-americans-view-of-redskins-name-finds-proud-most-common-answer/ https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/08/10/poll-of-nat... I think that Redskin in this case is very similar to Yankee or Queer. All are reclaimed epithets that many people now proudly identify with. We should no more consider "Washington Redskins" as insulting than "New York Yankees" or "Queer Eye". Such "reappropriation" seems to me wholesome and admirable.
  • quotha 6y ago
    A name change is all but certain, and has nothing to do with amazon. I like your point: Within the Southern United States, "Yankee" is a derisive term which refers to all Northerners, or specifically to those from the region of New England. —from Wikipedia Good luck changing the Yankees name!!
    • arprocter 6y ago
      Most of New England would take Yankee as an insult, but only due to baseball rivalry Canuck is another dual-use team name/insult