blitzfiftysix
11-25-2008, 09:48 AM
Wow! As the admin and organizer of this site I really do not know how to respond to this. Obviously I am offended by the accusation of prejudice. I can't speak for all members of Redskinsheads.com but my from a personal perspective I can proudly reply to the comment of "not being able to find five black regular posters out of the thousands of members." The top 4 members of my friends list are people of color. One of which who happens to my brother (who is African American, please note that I am of Cuban decent). Another member of my friends list happens to be my oldest son who is half Filipino. The accusation of prejudice is really quite hurtful considering the environment of which I was raised. I would in no way have any tolerance of this website harboring any feelings of racism or treating people unjustly based on the color of their skin or their ethnic heritage.
In response to Tryfuhl's post. Yes, we do try to keep the posts to a PG-13 rating and frown upon bad language and inappropriate behavior. It's important to the members of the site that we attempt to treat each member respectfully without tolerance of name calling and insults. If this makes us "butt-hurting people who cannot stand being criticized" then that my friend is simply your opinion.
Riggo - I regret that you did not contact me directly to express your feelings and concerns. I would like to invite you and your wife back to the site to participate as active members. I'd like the opportunity to prove ourselves to you as quality human beings and Redskins fans and to hopefully change your opinion.
blitz
EARTHQUAKE2689
11-25-2008, 09:55 AM
Also the poster of the song is Chris Lewis and he is black. I see ample replies and nothing trashing rap as racists tend to do.
i am black and i just don't like rap
hooskins
11-25-2008, 11:01 AM
Obviously I am making a generalization Quake
NCSKINSFAN
11-25-2008, 11:09 AM
----Aaahhhh Redskinsheads>>>>Where a man of color do not stand a chance
----My wife and I were active there and found it to be a very prejudice place to be. Maybe we should not have posted pictures because we were ignored whenever we made comments and later realized that other people of color were not active.
----I challenge anyone to go there and find five black regular posters out of the thousands of members.
----It's very hurtful that this type of prejudice still exsist today>>>> We do realize when this stuff happens people.
I have been a member of Redskinsheads since day one. There are several people of color that are very active on the site. A lot of us also tailgate at every home game. If you check out pics you would see just how many different races that are represented. Like Blitz56 I find this very disturbing.
EARTHQUAKE2689
11-25-2008, 11:25 AM
Obviously I am making a generalization Quake
i know i was trying to emphasize that. I guess I failed
Skins12th
11-25-2008, 08:27 PM
I am also a longtime member at Redskinsheads.com and I assure any and all that there is no evidence of prejudice or racism on the site. The community simply would not stand for it. The only colors we see at RH are Burgundy & Gold! In the one year of it's existence RH has seen many changes, upgrades, and improvements. Like any site we have experienced our fair share of growing pains and have had our "moments" but absolutely none of those has ever been because of color, race, or cultural background. RH is a multicultural and multi-user site, from the social tailgating types to the analytical football hawks and everything in between, sideways, and upside down! riggoraider, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your experience at RH and I'm dismayed that you formed the impression you did. I would like to echo Blitz56's invitation to come back and give it another try. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. If you did not receive a response to your comments please keep in mind that all people, regardless of race, are just well...lame sometimes!
btw---in addition to Blitz56, stwasm, and DcDogg, we have MikeBass, BrownSkin, LyteSkin, Ldysknzfn, CapitolC, JiggyJ, chucky, Fancy, Pookie, Freddavisbro (yes, he really is!), missucuzzo21 (Sean Taylor's cousin),Vito D Savage, Hogwild, Simone, and many others who are active AND are either NOT white or are married to people (and/or have children) who are not white.
If something bothers you--get involved and become an agent of change.
Have a Blessed Thanksgiving and HTTR!
tryfuhl
11-26-2008, 05:13 AM
I've created a god damned monster, my apologies.
Skins12th
11-26-2008, 08:19 AM
Earthquake2689: It's as close to burgundy as I could find.
Tryfuhl: First of all I would like to thank you for sharing Chris Louis' song/talent with fans at the Warpath. The more people that hear his message the better, imo.
Secondly, "a...monster"? Hardly! And coming from someone who characterized the RH membership as people who can't take criticism I find it funny that you feel you have to apologize to the board here because some RH members chose to respond to riggoraider's post. We came to set the record straight about our site and community, that's all. You know what? In the end we are all Redskins fans and it's all good! For those interested here is a link to Chris Louis' tribute song to Sean Taylor. HTTR!
RedskinsHeads -- Connect with RedSkins fans! (http://www.redskinsheads.com/blog/52328/24325)
tryfuhl
11-27-2008, 06:43 PM
Earthquake2689: It's as close to burgundy as I could find.
Tryfuhl: First of all I would like to thank you for sharing Chris Louis' song/talent with fans at the Warpath. The more people that hear his message the better, imo.
Secondly, "a...monster"? Hardly! And coming from someone who characterized the RH membership as people who can't take criticism I find it funny that you feel you have to apologize to the board here because some RH members chose to respond to riggoraider's post. We came to set the record straight about our site and community, that's all. You know what? In the end we are all Redskins fans and it's all good! For those interested here is a link to Chris Louis' tribute song to Sean Taylor. HTTR!
RedskinsHeads -- Connect with RedSkins fans! (http://www.redskinsheads.com/blog/52328/24325)
It was a joke homie