President Obama thinks the Washington Redskins should change their name

[JustAlex]

At a time like this our POTUS is more worried about a mascot than our economy and what is going on with the shutdown. What respect he has for our country.

Yeah, cuz HE'S to blame for the shutdown, right?

Also, who cares if he talks about football.

What, he's not allowed to have an opinion on sports?


Furthermore, I think the Washington Redskins should listen to those that feel offended by the name....if there is some merit in changing the name and/or mascot, then they probably should.

[Wickabee]

your going to get me in trouble,but oh well
ill start by saying im a little Cherokee on my moms side and a little Lakota on my dads side
and I did get my sks from the son of Leonard Peltier,so I should keep my scalp

inuit/eskimo=short and kinda stocky
Aztec/Mexican= short and kinda stock
American indian=tall and lean

hmmm,so where did this tall dna come from?

indian lore tells all about it

Now I'm intrigued. I don't know enough native history/lore, and I live on a flipping reserve!

[gsj68]

Now I'm intrigued. I don't know enough native history/lore, and I live on a flipping reserve!

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/n...ople-la-ta.php
the story the elders told me was when they came to this country the where a foreign people in a foreign land and were assisted by light skin,cave dwelling,lizard people

and a little science
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1118104010.htm

[shrewsbury]

people migrated by boat to the east coast, so there were two migrations, not one.

no lizard people needed to explain this

[Wickabee]

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/n...ople-la-ta.php
the story the elders told me was when they came to this country the where a foreign people in a foreign land and were assisted by light skin,cave dwelling,lizard people

and a little science
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1118104010.htm

Interesting

[tpeichel]

Somebody needs to ask the President if he would wear a NY Jews baseball cap.

[Wickabee]

Somebody needs to ask the President if he would wear a NY Jews baseball cap.

To what end?

[centrehice]

My Wife is Jewish. I'd pay good money for that Jewish hat, her Dad would love it, he was born in Rochester, NY. and he'd wear it proudly inspite of it's spite.

[tpeichel]

You're not the only one.

The best place to begin is with the Jewish stereotype of answering a question with a question: Put simply, who wouldn’t want a “New York Jews” baseball cap (emblazoned with a cartoonish rendering of a man with “Hebraic” features — read: a big shnoz — wearing a yarmulke)? Of course, I’m speaking for myself as a Jew and a New Yorker. But a whole slew of comments at NBC Sports’ HardballTalk blog suggests I’m not alone. Many inquire as to where they can find a cap like the one shown.

The answer is that you can’t … at least not yet.*

The logo was designed as a thought experiment by the National Congress of American Indians, a rights organization. Their point was to emphasize how offensive racial stereotypes can be. So they created — artfully, one should emphasize! — two logos of imaginary teams that could be viewed alongside Chief Wahoo, the caricature that has been the Cleveland Indian team logo and mascot since 1947.
Here for your delectation are the three logos. Having no Chinese blood, I can’t speak for how well the “San Francisco Chinamen” will be received.

But clearly, the outage that the NCAI was looking for has not materialized. Neither has the politically correct assumption by NBC Sports’ Craig Calcaterra, who writes: “You’d never dare argue that either of the first two [logos shown] are cool.”

Obviously, he is wrong.