Should the Washington Redskins change their name?

[Brittain33]

What about the Minnesota Vikings?  Their name and logo could be construed as offensive to Scandinavians.

The difference between the Vikings and the Celtics on the one hand, and the Redskins on the other, is that the Vikings and Celtics are home teams of large Scandinavian and Irish communities, so were chosen to represent those communities with pride.

In the case of the Redskins, it was plucking a completely different nation's identity, choosing an offensive term, and using it as a mascot.

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That's problematic as well.

[Brittain33]

Sbane, I agree there's a difference between an ethnic slur and terms like Braves and Chiefs, and Redskins is undoubtedly worse, but there's still something creepy and inconsiderate about commandeering Native American identity for sports teams given the history of the country. It reminds me a lot of that creepy Amsterdam football team whose fans call them the Jews, and whose opponents pick it up and make hissing sounds to suggest gassing the Jews. It's similar because 80% of the Jews in the Netherlands were killed in WWII, so all you have left is a crude mascot/stereotype, the real people are gone.