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.
