Who does the Washington Redskins' name and logo benefit more?

[whatthehey]

33. No I don't. But you don't speak for all any more than they do.

Fairly large surveys show no clear preference for or against the name. Why? Not a clue.


Some people of Irish birth or ancestry loathe being callled Micks or Paddies and the drunken bellicose stereotype. Some embrace it. The preference between "Black" and "African American" is likewise muddled (another personal anecdote: the one black person whom I know well enough to openly discuss such things with absolutely hates "African American" with a spitting fury, telling anyone who uses it that he has no connection to Africa at all and is proud to be Black. I know for a fact that the exact opposite is also easy to find). I know a few SE Asians who hate "Oriental" even.

Your stance is of course perfectly appropriate and unchallengable. You hate the R word. I get it, I would never use it to you or about you. I don't use it to the folks who have no problem with the team name either, of course, but that's because they prefer tribal names and I know them. Collectively that's impossible of course. Never come across an objection to NA before but ok there too. What do you prefer?