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Green Habit wrote:Southerners of RM: do people there still try to use Yankee as a slur against non-Southerners?

Green Habit wrote:Southerners of RM: do people there still try to use Yankee as a slur against non-Southerners?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Green Habit wrote:Southerners of RM: do people there still try to use Yankee as a slur against non-Southerners?

Yes. I hear it in the rural areas all the time.

Kaius wrote:I didn't even realize you were a Washington fan, d_v. You don't think your fanboy bias might be affecting your attitude toward the name change? (Sincere question)

Ultimately, I still still think this is a no brainer, but I was wrong to make it personal, so I apologize for calling you an asshole.

Heathen wrote:

Green Habit wrote:Southerners of RM: do people there still try to use Yankee as a slur against non-Southerners?

Does New Zealand count as South?

Rangi Guy wrote:

Heathen wrote:

Green Habit wrote:Southerners of RM: do people there still try to use Yankee as a slur against non-Southerners?

Does New Zealand count as South?

Yeah we still use that term all the time

MadTIGERmaN wrote:but in the end the R word is about more than just the word, its about the negative stereotype its casting on an ethnic group of people, they dont just want the name changed, they do not wish to be a mascot for a sports team

doug rr wrote:you're missed here, bart

philpritchard wrote:

96583UP wrote:

MadTIGERmaN wrote:
1 - if changing the name, leads to Native teens having a better feeling of who they are as NativeAmericans, and raises their morale as a people instead of cartoon character, IT IS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. Suicide rates among native american teens are 3x higher than the national average. http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news ... an-be-done http://www.yspp.org/about_suicide/youth ... .htm#eight

2 - Cleveland has been pro-active in recent years, Chief Wahoo is all but retired, and, Cleveland fans have started to remove him from old jerseys hats. Which started a twitter trend at one point - http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news ... an-be-done Daniel SnyderGeorge Steinbrenner says he will NEVER change the name (you can capitalize that)

3 - There are many reasons leading to not huge numbers on how NativeAmericans view this, starting with, they have REAL problems. But, they have been protesting ALLmany of the names for a long long time. This is not a new trend, this is not lawyers trying to make a name / money. The local DJ i posted a clip of above has been protesting these names since the 60's I believe.

4 - the Original honorowner was a racist asshole and named them the RY word to show a fierce bloody warrior that would scalp and kill you and take no prisoners, a man who got other owners to make it a whites only league, and whos team was the last teamlate to integrate

Mecca wrote:id like to see either of you actually post statistics about who finds it offensive, otherwise you're just making them up. maybe next time i am on the reservationsubway here and I see a redskinsYankees flag or logo, i'll take a picture so the people who think native americans find it highly offensive can see that its not always the case. I don't think the name needs to stay nor am I adamant that it needs to change, but it isn't as cut and dry as the two extreme arguments are being faced against each other on this page.

Some dont find it offensive, its true, but Experts are still pointing to the horrible stereotypes generations of Nativeamerican people have dealt with leading to low moral / low feelings about their ethnicitynationality. IF changing the names helps, even 1 person feel better about themselves, ITS THE LEAST we can do, its a freaking mascot! for a sports team thats making BILLIONS off of their image. BILLIONS!

Considering what these people have put up with for 5200+ years... (including my 3X greatirish grandmother who was taken from her home and sent to boarding school to teach her to be white / literally beat the wild Indianhuman from her http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-irish- ... aves/31076) this shouldnt even be a discussion.

CHANGE THE NAME

i agree the Yankees should change their name

Man, those Yankees sure have had a rough past, what with the being forced off their land and the genocide and the forced assimilation and the residential schools and whatnot. They've been persecuted for far too long!

True story: I didn't know anyone considered Yankee a derogatory term until I read this thread. Until now, I assumed it simply meant "American" in the same way Canuck means "Canadian". Actually... I guess I still believe that.

Green Habit wrote:Looks like the headline plaintiff in the trademark case also has her eyes set on the Chiefs:

http://www.kansas.com/2014/06/26/352737 ... gtons.html

That brings up the whole question of whether only certain words and images cross the line, or whether any cultural appropriation does.

Thejambi wrote:What kind of Native American activist groups or outreach programs are the Washington Redskins apart of?