Josh Harris finalizes deal to buy Commanders

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Originally Posted by rocnrik

Yea ., I come here to debate/discuss football .. I have my opinions but I keep the political ones for the voting booth .. in todays climate I can see why the name was changed … BUT I still do not understand why Cleveland changed from Indians to guardians … HOW IS calling a team Indians wrong?? And is a Brave or a Blackhawk or a chief not an Indian or is the word Indian in and of itself rascist??? .. Is an Indian not a Native American or is an Indian someone from India ?? Is it wrong to say Canadian or American or African or Russian… someone set me straight

Actually an Indian is someone from India. Lol.
I believe the Indians changed because of that and obviously Chief Wahoo was weirdly terrible. So Indians and Redskins were just not correct or considered racist….

I think the overwhelming majority of NA’s that have a problem with it is that they don’t want to be “mascots”. They have a problem with all those teams you mentioned. Indians and Redskins was probably considered even worse. There really isn’t another race of people that are cartooned …. I cant think of a better word. Again I go to the example of say the Atlanta Yellowskins and there is a picture of an asian dude on the helmet. That feels wrong to me. Lol.

I wish Commanders offended people. Maybe we can start a petition claiming to be relatives of actual Commanders who are offended? It is such a terrible name. Im still embarrassed to say it. Haha.