I think you should read about the former mascot in Pekin, Illinois. The high school mascot until 1980 was the "Chinks," complete with stereotypical imagery of Chinese people, dress, and culture. The student body in 1974 even voted to keep the mascot, sound familiar? During the debate, the "Chinks" fan base provide the…

Really, go forth and collect official statements from tribal organizations...? Try starting with the National Congress of American Indians' website. They represent 613 federally recognized tribes that support the removal of the term "Redskins." Get back to us and let us know how that works out for you.

It is this type of writing that reflect the true racial attitudes that underlie the meaning and use of the term, "Redskins." These pejorative remarks actually help us; I will be sure to use this posting and share it during the sociology class I teach.

Your colloquial diatribe is interesting. However, the Quechan tribe is already receiving donations from several Native organizations for the proposed park. We can take care of our own. The overriding principle is to reject money from a team that uses a racial slur; that is exactly what the tribe did. The tribe's…

Try addressing that issue at the next annual conference of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the oldest and largest body politic of American Indians in the country. The organization has steadfastly continued to support the elimination of racial iconography in team mascot, specifically the "Redskins."…

Oklahoma is a two Choctaw words: Okla (people) and homma ( can mean red; but can also be defined as rust colored, brown, or even tan. Moreover, how do those two words even compare to a racial slur, "Redskins," a term which socio-linguistically and historically has been used in a pejorative context.

Your arguments digress into red herring, a logical fallacy. Your lack of academic training is showing. You have no linguistic background to critically analyze a lexicon in order to make a determinant argument if a term is pejorative.

I am not Native American, I prefer the legal term American Indian. My opinion counts as much as theirs. The question that really begs is this: why does your opinion count? You're not American Indian. Where are you legally enrolled? You keep posing these questions.

You have no idea who the National Congress of American Indians are; your comment displays that ignorance. Your remaining examples are simply red herring and not indicative of accepted argumentative structure....I presume you understand the structure of argumenation?

Again, what tribal organizations or tribes do these individuals represent....? They are simply individuals, not representative of any cross section or governmental tribal group.

It was a Court decision. The US Patent Trademark Court is an administrative law court, duly designated by legislation to elaborate the legal structure and issues of the those particular interests.

The Court inferred a composite number also based on the tribal representation of the NCAI, which was accorded as thirty percent of the American Indian population total. Did you bother to read the entire case?

These type of posts actually help our side more than you think. It's this display of non-academic babble that lack any type of critical analysis that I can show to my class for additional discussion that further demonstrates the racial implications that are a fallout regarding this issue.

I am not a liberal, nor have I ever classified myself as one. Regardless of your views on the president or your endearment of a hockey team in Chicago named after a Sauk tribal leader. Again, hypothetically, you would not address nor call me a Redskin in a face-to-face meeting. One of us might get hurt.

Mr. Hoopsville, as an American Indian, would you call or address anyone, including myself, in my family, clan, or tribe a Redskin? If you did, I, along with my family and tribal nation would be highly offended.

Polls can be unreliable. The "Annenberg" poll was not scientific in that the polling was done by phone calls—-at the time, 2004, 58% of American Indians lacked phone service. The polling was done mainly in urban areas, and the questions were not open ended and leading. Not to say the other polls are any more reliable.…

Really, "literally hundreds ...of Native Americans (sic)," where were they during the recent court decision? I have observed many people claiming that ethnicity that have made a point to support the racial slur used by the team. The late Vine Deloria, the noted American Indian legal scholar and social critic made…

Okla (Ogla) literally means people; homma means rust colored, brown, red, or even tan. Therefore, Oklahoma could be translated as "Tan People." The socio-linguistic application of the term "Redskin," has a more colloquial, or gutteral, and general application. I speak the Choctaw language and have published work…

Thank you, Pleatherface. I have seen individuals trying to equate the two terms—Oklahoma and a Red****s.

The word "Oklahoma" is not a contextually pejorative term; the historical and virulent use of the term "Redskin," therefore, is different