New York is hating on the Skins, lmao

[PS5 Pro]

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/sack-article-1.1926865#ixzz3CITGowZS

The New York Times has now joined the other Tofu eating men who have decided NOT to use the term Redskins.
But they won't even use the Logo

Now I love the Logo, and I can't see a Injun having a problem with it either

How is that logo NOT THE shyt
Its amazing to me how the media can tell you something is bad, and ppl just run along with it.
You don't like the name, I disagree on it being a racial slur since nobody alive has used it as such
If I see an Indian guy, I'd call him John Redcorn to insult him (Tru Story)
I'd be like "What's up chief" everytime I see him
If he played a sport, I might thru a piece of corn on the field

In all of my racist wit right there, I would not have thought to call him Redskin if i was trying to insult
You know why? Look at that logo again, its so damn majestic. But no, some hipster felt we should hid and be ashamed of a native american as a logo done in a tasteful manner

Here is the logo they will use in that paper

Now, with all this change you have to just assume the paper and the author of the article making the proclamation would have done his homework on the topics at hand.
So then, is this guy just a clueless moron when it comes to sports and he's just using his position to push an agenda?

The Daily News said that the Redskins’ logo “depicting a feathered Native American has been replaced with an image that uses the team’s maroon and yellow colors to key readers to stories, columns and statistics relating to Washington.”

Maroon and Yellow? Ok, well its established this guy is an agenda pusher.
But if that isn't enough, these quotes from the article should make it that much clearer..

1.) See the end of “Negro” and the rise of “black” or “African-American,” the end of “retarded” and the rise of “developmentally disabled,” the end of “handicapped” and the rise of “people with disabilities.”

2.) Here’s a simple test of whether Redskin passes muster: Would you use the term in referring to Native Americans in anything other than a derogatory way?

3.) In a recent ESPN poll, 71% of those surveyed supported keeping the nickname while 23% said the team should adopt a new one — up 9 points from just a year ago. Movement is headed in the right direction and we’re proud to be part of the trend.

1. So now Negro is supposed to be a bad word I'm brown in color, but I'll accept black since there are so many shades of brown. And African American I don't even like. American African sounds better
But the term itself is racist, more racist than Redskin. Because any white person that becomes American then goes by American. Only those with uber country pride might say "I'm russian-american" and they would have an accent. Only the minorities gotta put a label outside of just being American. When I fill out a form and it ask which race I am, I hesitate to check African American because I know why they COULD be asking.

2.) I have never in my life used the term Redskin in a derogatory way because its not a modern day racial slur
If anyone wants to look it up, it was only deemed a bad name for about 30yrs, 100's of years ago, because a racist white person had beef with a "redskin" which is a term Redskinned people used to refer to THEMSELVES. So realize who is leading the parade here. Keyword, LEADING

3.) Yup an ESPN poll seems to hold way too much weight for a national newspaper to swag off of. But do you hear me tho?

 

[Jax]

Imagine if they had a Maryland c00ns team
I like the Skins name, but just saying

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

And African American I don't even like. American African sounds better

That's what yall are.

 

[Big Blue]

I just call them Washington now

 

[The Bilingual Gringo]

I think it would be dope to see an updated version of the logo

Name so much is whatever, I don't knock someone for looking at it offensively, but to me, it's been around so long that it doesn't have a bad connotation. I have friends that grew up around Indian reservations and there are FAR worse terms out there.

 

[PS5 Pro]

Imagine if they had a Maryland c00ns team
I like the Skins name, but just saying

c00n is a slur, always has been. If you called me a blackskin I'd be like "Uh, yes I am"
I wouldn't even realize you was trying to be racial unless you pointed at me like this and said "yooooou blackskin "
Then i'd be like "Heeeeey " clueless on if I was just insulted or not

That's what yall are.

Yes and No. Ive never been to africa, I live in America. My kids live in America and also have never been to Africa
Its almost insane to say African because lets say you see a black person in England?
Are they African-English?
Its basically saying black people can only come from Africa, while other races can come from all over the world
And its established fact that we ALL COME FROM AFRICA so the truth is they want to have us labeled

I just call them Washington now

And soon you will be calling them "Champions"

 

[Big Blue]

c00n is a slur, always has been. If you called me a blackskin I'd be like "Uh, yes I am"
I wouldn't even realize you was trying to be racial unless you pointed at me like this and said "yooooou blackskin "
Then i'd be like "Heeeeey " clueless on if I was just insulted or not


Yes and No. Ive never been to africa, I live in America. My kids live in America and also have never been to Africa
Its almost insane to say African because lets say you see a black person in England?
Are they African-English?
Its basically saying black people can only come from Africa, while other races can come from all over the world
And its established fact that we ALL COME FROM AFRICA so the truth is they want to have us labeled

And soon you will be calling them "Champions"

 

[PS5 Pro]

 

[mastermind]

I stopped using the name too

 

[Big Blue]

Are really trying to style on a Giants fan about championships???

 

[AlphaOne]

I'll use it till it's changed.

Media loves to tell everyone whats okay and whats not. Years ago no one gave a shyt, now it's gaining traction and everyone wants to be a faux activist.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Yes and No. Ive never been to africa, I live in America. My kids live in America and also have never been to Africa
Its almost insane to say African because lets say you see a black person in England?
Are they African-English?
Its basically saying black people can only come from Africa, while other races can come from all over the world
And its established fact that we ALL COME FROM AFRICA so the truth is they want to have us labeled

I look at it quite differently. Not having been to Africa doesn't stop you from being African, mainly because that's where you're more direct ancestors come from. Spare me the kumbaya we all from Africa bullshyt. Yall are mixed with many tribes so yall don't collectively trace to one nation it makes yall a new form of African, an American African. Africans that have roots and were a part of the creation and development of this nation. Yall are wed to yall Africanness as much as yall Americanness. I'm Ethiopian by ethnicity, but I'm also African. So I'm an Ethiopian African. That's kinda how I see it with Black people. England is tough because there's no telling what part of Africa or the Caribbean that Black person came from so it's better to use your parents nation of origin. Only diasporans should be using their current nation as a means to identify their unique Africanness.

 

[boskey]

I think it would be dope to see an updated version of the logo

Name so much is whatever, I don't knock someone for looking at it offensively, but to me, it's been around so long that it doesn't have a bad connotation. I have friends that grew up around Indian reservations and there are FAR worse terms out there.

To me thats exactly why it has a bad connotation. Name one thing from 1932 that wasn't horribly racist...

Still a fan. And I still say Redskins. But the name is gonna change sooner or later...

 

[mastermind]

Name one thing from 1932 that wasn't horribly racist...

 

[GunRanger]

Just change it and get it over with. I don't want the new name to have any connection to Native Americans