Do many people find the name and logo racist?? Whats your definition of many? A nationwide poll said that 90% said they DONT think it's offensive. And the logo was designed by a native American!!!
You say a large number of native Americans feel this way, there have been just as many tribes that have come out and said they support the name as their have been tribes that say they find it offensive, plus schools full of native americans that want this as their name (but apparently that's avoiding the issue)
There's just as many polls that say Native Americans do find the name racist. Here's one: http://cips.csusb.edu/docs/PressRelease.pdf
And "schools full of native americans want this as their name?" Give me a break. Just because a couple of native schools have this as their name doesn't mean that the entire Native American population is clamoring to change their respective schools' names to Redskins.
You keep saying a large amount of people find this offensive so that's why it needs to be changed. The largest group by a wide margin DONT find it offensive, so why does the smaller groups opinion matter more? If that smaller group consisted of solely Native Americans I could see the reason, but the majority of Native Americans are in the larger group.
Again, what are you basing this on? One poll? There are polls that say otherwise.
How about the Vancouver Canucks sir?
Do I? No. But if there were enough Canadians that thought it was and wanted to change that name, I'd have no problem with it.
It's not what I want. Personally this isn't that big of an issue for me. But I live in a region that has a big Native American population, and I see/hear on a regular basis how many Natives find this kind of imagery hurtful. And to say Redskin isn't a hurtful term is such a joke. Go up to the next black person you see on the street and call them blackskin. See how that goes.
It's not just one poll, Roy posted another of registered voters that shows how the rest of the country feels as well. But whatever, ok, you have a poll too. where does that leave us? right back where we started! right down the middle, I guess. Unless youre gonna tell me now that your poll is more valid bc it supports your side, right?
And to say Redskin isn't a hurtful term is such a joke. Go up to the next black person you see on the street and call them blackskin. See how that goes.
If there was a team called that name, and groups of african americans were coming out and saying theyre proud of the name and its history for THEIR people, then there wouldnt be a problem with it, in the right context. Just like apparently it's ok to call a canadian person a Canuck in the right context, and it can be used as a slur in another. So here we are again.
Show me proof that the majority of native americans hate this name, and give me an explanation why tribes of native americans will come out and defend such a name if this issue is so black and white with no grey area like you think it is. You can argue with me all day but until you can explain to me why we as a country should be offended by this name, when native americans cant even agree if it's offensive.
Or we can do another hypothetical scenario with me walking into bars and restaurants and talking to people. Though you seem pretty bad at that.