New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name — The Washington Post
Man, am I sick of people who get offended on behalf of a group they don’t belong to, projecting their own phony outrage on the group members and their own biases on non-group members.
In light of the poll results, non-Native American opponents of the Redskin name seem to have changed their position slightly to say that Native Americans are in fact being offended but are too dumb to realize it.
The original issue posed by Native American activists was the more derogatory depictions and characterizations. Examples include Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo as well as the stereotypical Hollywood Indian in motion pictures. Some of them, such as Loretta Sanchez’s recent verbalization, or signage proclaiming the Kansas City Chiefs were going to “scalp” the Washington Redskins in a football game, aren’t necessarily visual.