Skinsmaniac;2142273 said:
That's because for us the meaning of the term has changed and doesn't even refer to Native Americans anymore. Joe Gibbs, Art Monk, and Darrell Green are all Commanders. Geronimo is not. If you are in the supermarket and you hear the word "Commanders," what is your first thought? That the people are talking about Native Americans or the football team? The meaning of words change, and for most people "Commanders" now means the football team.
...something about that little Indian face being on the side of the helmet destroys this ridiculous argument.
That dude looks nothing like Art Monk OR Darrell Green.
And who other than Native Americans have the right to determine what they should or shouldn't be offended by?
But I DO know if I were Native American... the term "Commanders" would be just as offensive to me as "Colored" is to me -being an African American.
It is a racially insensitive term that the OWNER of the organization should have changed a long time ago out of pure common decensy...
much the same way they stopped showing those racially insensitive Bugs Bunny cartoons and Little Rascals episodes on Saturday & Sunday mornings.
It's really like a HUGE slap in the face...
"We killed off most of your people and stole all of your land... but we'll make it up to you by naming a lot of our sports teams after you.
Including the football team in the nations capital!"
It's ridiculous and oh so disrespectful... and shameful.