Retiring the Redskins

And there are people in Lackawana still arguing that the “Redskins” name should be kept.

Seriously?

It's a racist term along the lines of the N-word.

It's the equivalent of calling people of Polish descent Polacks.

And Italians Degos or Wops.

And Germans Nazis.

And Hispanics Spics, Gringos, or wet backs,

And Chinese Chinks.

And Japanese Japs.

And Jews Kikes.

And Christans Bible Thumpers or Holy Rollers. (You get a choice there.)

And Muslims/people of Arabic descent Towel Heads.

And Africans the N-word.

And so on.

Every nationality and belief system has a derogatory name that goes with it.

For the First Nations peoples it happens to be Redskin.

There's not much to write on this topic other than these people need to move on.

The name has been changed and let it go.

Then again, a friend of mine from long ago had a joke about the name of Lackawana.

He called the city Lack of Wanna.

Some people just don't want to move on.

They want to live in an idealized past that never existed.

Just because someone doesn't say that something hurts doesn't mean that it doesn't.

Then again, First Nations people have been saying that for a long time.

We were never listening.

It is time to retire the Redskins name. Across the board and permanently.

Either that or change the name of every sports team in a community into a derogatory name for that community.

Your choice.