Quote:I would never call anyone a Redskin, unless it was a Redskins fan. Why do people think that is what is happening? It's the old fall back to the debate ... "Oh yeah, call someone a Redskin", like it happens everyday of their life. It doesn't, it's nothing more than making the name fit an offensive nature. Where is this hidden backwards society that uses that term? If they are real, we need to work with them to fix the issues they have, and those issues go way deeper than the name Redskins.

 

My 2nd team is not the Redskins, it is the Jaguars. Redskins were my past, and would not crack my top 15.

 

It would be interesting to hear what box you checked. Depending on timeframe, it could have been illegal (and should be prosecuted). There is no box to check for race in any form, or fashion on job applications in the U.S. today. We take race discrimination very seriously, and I am a little proud of that fact on the ends that I can control. If you do know of a Job application that has discriminatory boxes, please turn this into the authorities, or send it to me ... I will.

 

First of all, really glad that Washington is no longer your favorite team.  Growing up in the Carolinas, they were everyone else's favorite, and I couldn't stand them.  I really like Joe Gibbs and consider him a class act, but every time John Riggins shows up somewhere and opens his mouth I just cringe.

 

The etymology of the word "Redskin" can be found here:

 

Wiki page

 

Sorry to keep using Wikipedia, but it's what I have time for.  As with most words, the history is in dispute.  According to the page, the link between red skin = red scalp is specious.  I do buy what they said in the first paragraph of the article; Referring to a group of people by the color of their skin is considered universally derogatory.  Perhaps what Snyder said about the first Washington teams meaning nothing but respect to Native Americans is true.  But hey, times change, just like it has for the Battle Cross.

 

The block I filled in on my first job application was for citizenship.  I think there were 3: Native Citizen, Naturalized citizen, and Legal Resident.  Management was only looking for the one box.  The day that management changed at the store, 2 years after I initially and repeatedly applied, I was hired. 

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