OT California Schools No Longer Using 'redskins' As A Mascot

[dat.jpp]

Hypothetical question: what would you say to a school with a mascot of the blackskins? Do you consider that offensive? Why or why not?

Im half black and I wouldn't find that offensive, I find it actually really humorous!

 

[AScheer]

So I looked up the Tule River Tribe, and they have an eagle on their seal...so what about the Tule River Eagles?

This is my favorite idea so far! @CheerItFullOut

 

[Official OWECheer]

This is my favorite idea so far! @CheerItFullOut

This is the post I mentioned, thanks!

 

[getsum]

several months late...

red skins can be used and has been used in multiple ways. it can be used and has been used as a neutral way to describe people by their skin color, just like black (skinned) and white (skinned) has been and continues to be used to describe certain people of society. it can be used and has been used in a derogatory way, just like the spanish/portugese word for black, negro (pronounced neh-gro), took on a derogatory fashion (nee-grow) during the late 19th century and early 20th century. it has also been used (i think), long before columbus and his conquistadors arrived, by the indigenous people themselves, more specifically the Choctaw who have been located in the Oklahoma region. in the Choctaw language, okla means people/nation/tribe and homa mean red... red people.

Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (etymology section)
List of state name etymologies of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia