Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSOLUTION : Redskins should change their name to human skins
That way its not racist but they still have the same idea in there
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
11 replies, 1159 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (2)
ReplyReply to this post
11 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
SOLUTION : Redskins should change their name to human skins (Original Post)
yurbud
Nov 2015
OP
global1
(25,241 posts)1. Just Shorten It To "Skins" ......
Remeniscent of high school days. You know - shirts vs skins.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)2. I thought of that too, but human skins captures why it's offensive
global1
(25,241 posts)5. Many Sports Announcers Call Them The Skins Now....
They shorten it while talking about the team. Is that offensive?
yurbud
(39,405 posts)8. nope. But what would their emblem be?
FSogol
(45,480 posts)4. The Washington Shirts-n-Skins. For away games they could wear shirts and for home games no shirts...
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,338 posts)3. Epiderms? nt
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)6. My uncle was a big Washington R____ns fan
His email was meforskins.
I had to do a double take and stop from laughing when he first wrote it out for me.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)7. I wish they'd go with RedClouds
He was a Lakota Sioux Chief in the late 1800's. They could keep their colors and logos but just ditch the racist name.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)11. I like that
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)9. Cool.
Then I could still call them the Skins. Fine by me.
ileus
(15,396 posts)10. redskins fan since 79 here....go Skins!