FedEx calls on Redskins to change name following investors’ demands on sponsors

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@JimmyinSD said:
personally if I were Snyder,  I would reach out to leaders of local tribes and ask for their input on a way to honor the tribes of that region to keep the respectful NA imagery and be able to tell a story that will not erase the NA from society.  The name is offensive to some,  but almost every single native I know has no issue with the imagery as long as it isnt depicting a NA in a poor manner. 

The images of the fierce profiles are not offensive to many NA people,  otherwise they wouldnt be endorsing that very image to be carved many stories high into granite in the black hills.  I also know a lot of NA that proudly wear Blackhawk,  Chiefs,  and many other teams apparel that use NA words, names, symbols, or imagery.  Sure some will be offended by about anything,  but they are hardly a majority IMO.

Maybe instead of destroying the reminders of the past transgressions and trying to erase all reminders of the failures of our past as a society,  we should leave them, teach from them,  and use them as ways to make sure those failures are not repeated in our future?

At Stillwater Area High School, my NA history teacher had a poster on the wall that listed all the teams that had NA reference type names (Chiefs, Redskins, Indians, etc...) and something about "How would you like it if you were represented as a mascot? I recall it opening my eyes a bit and thinking how would I like having a team named the Minnesota Blacks with an image of a buff black guy lifting a boulder or something. I was embarrassed that I hadn't thought of it before and understood immediately how it was just wrong.

I don't understand the NEED to have a person or group of people as a mascot. We don't leave the skeletons of people who were hung in trees and yet I still learned about lynchings. Obviously that is an extreme example, but I think the point still stands that it doesn't have to be the name of the team for me to learn about past atrocities or mistakes of our ancestors. Typically those things belong in history books and museums and not on a 12 dollar cup of beer or a nacho cheese streaked jersey.

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How could Snyder not go for the new The DC Conservatives logo? Strikes terror in opponents...Mission accomplished...

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https://twitter.com/FOX29philly/status/1...93824?s=19

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https://twitter.com/NBCSWashington/statu...18400?s=19

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I wondered why "Hail to the Redskins" was trending on twitter. All of the 'one last time' sentimental posts are stacking up. I'm sure they will all be okay. 

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@Nichelle said:
I wondered why "Hail to the Redskins" was trending on twitter. All of the 'one last time' sentimental posts are stacking up. I'm sure they will all be okay. 

When the world softens to the point of all the Anderson's, Olsons, Johnsons, and Svensons start to take issue with their norse ancestry being exploited,   the rest of us might have a bit of sentimentality for our old traditions,  even if they have been deemed unacceptable by society's new standards. I'm sure if that were to happen we would be ok as well,  but we would still fire off one more rousing round of SKOL Vikings wouldnt we?

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WASHINGTON — The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday that it will drop the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo immediately, bowing to decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans.
A new name must still be selected for one of the oldest and most storied teams in the National Football League, and it was unclear how soon that will happen. But for now, arguably the most polarizing name in North American professional sports is gone at a time of reckoning over racial injustice, iconography and racism in the U.S.

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Here's the new logo, all fixed:

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All it took was the money being pulled or the threat of money being pulled. Snyder could not do the right thing just to do the right thing. It's clear what his motivation is not that it was in doubt.

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Yup -- until Fedex, Pepsi, Nike and other big sticks came around, he had no intention of doing anything...The release from Snyder will be reminiscent of DeSean back-pedaling on being an anti-semite. 

It will be articulate, flowery and full of s hit...