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Originally Posted by cairns
9 out of 10 Native Americans as well as the vast majority of Americans think differently.
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Please cite a source.
Braves, Chiefs, Senators, Pirates, etc. all describe a position a person can hold within a society.
Redskin describes a race. So a race of humans is a team mascot. It is racist by definition.
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Originally Posted by cairns
Other (US) teams that use the term "redskins". Note the high schools in Arizona, Oklahoma and Washington state. Again from Wiki:
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Time to join the 21st century and change the name. My high school (Arvada Redskins, Arvada CO) managed to change the mascot some years ago because it was the right thing to do.