The Washington Redskins finally changed their name, and all my conservative relatives were like "What a bunch of ridiculous woke bullshit!" Really, guys? You don't understand why that might not be the best name?
Yeah but one native American dude said it didn't bother him so now they have a justification for using the n-word derogatory term towards native Americans.
It's bullshit too because now they're named after the bridge guardians which look awesome. Driving past them always makes me feel like I'm being tested by those statues in the Neverending Story.
After the the Indians changed their name to the Guardians my dad told me if a team has accepted public funds it should be illegal for a sports team to change their name without public approval.
Because "white" is a category of exclusion, defined by being not not-white. It is vague and historically flexible - it may or may not include Italians, Spaniards, Irish, Greeks or Poles depending on who you ask and where & when you happen to be at the time of asking.
Amusingly, quite a lot of people still excuse Armenians and Azerbaijani people, despite them literally living in the Caucasusn and being the definition of Caucasian
Russians and Germans historically tend to exclude each ofher.
I started using non-whites as a broad category of every race / ethnicity that is excluded by the US mainstream, specifically the transnational white power movement.
While technically correct, saying it's a category of exclusion kind of makes it sound negative, when it's exclusive quality is basically defined by privilege. Whether Italians, Spaniards, Irish, Greeks, or Poles counts basically entirely depends on how normalized and privileged they are in any given greater subsect.
Except this is a source of pride for the Irish. It was first coined for the Irish immigrant soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War in what became called the Irish Brigade.
There's that picture of an American Indian man wearing a "Caucasians" shirt floating around the internet, and every time I see it I can't help but laugh. Edit yeah someone has already posted it in this thread.
Some choice lyrics from "If you own the Washington Redskins you're a cock" by Atom and His Package:
And you'll go
"Wah wah wah, you're so PC"
And I will say "Wait"
Remind me again how it came to be
That being "the stupid American" is a desirable trait
Wouldn't it be offensive if we cheered:
"Rah rah rah" for the Carolina Negroes
With a beatbox cheer and big foam afros?
Or if the Minnesota Vikings became the New York Kikes
With dollar bills on their helmets cause that's what they like
You know?
"Atom, what about the Saints, Angels, Padres too?
Ain't that the same thing for Christians that's offending you?"
When there's a Jesus Christ mascot dog shooting crucifixes
Nailed to a cross, dying to save the team
You'll be right, you'll be right
But until then
You're. Not. Right
I agree that Commanders and Guardians aren't good names, but Senators and Spiders are comically bad 😄
You want endless corruption scandals from pure nominative determinism and fans with a common phobia having a fear response to the name? Because that's how you get ants! 😉