The source of the data may be "Statistical Abstracts" (as indicated in the source line), but that doesn't mean that publication created that pie chart. In fact, Statistical Abstracts clearly did not create the graphic, because it would make no sense for them to cite themselves in their own source line of a graphic in…

Here are the actual racial/ethnic percentages of the U.S. population, according to 2012 census data (source here):

That pie chart is totally screwed up. Where did you get it?

I disagree. PEDs are a major problem in sports — mainly because (as others in this comment section have pointed out) when enough athletes take them, they force other athletes to take them just in order to be competitive enough to play the sport. And that forces the health risks on all players. So giving significant…

Ah yes, the group chats of yesteryore ... how the time flies! good to "see" you again too, Dutch!

Mr. Lemieux, here's a little persuasive-writing tip: Denigrating the position you're arguing against as "hysteria" is an ineffective argument tactic, when it's done once.

Apparently, you did not read my comment all the way to the end. Or if you did, you just chose to ignore the main point of my comment.

... in Cleveland.

Everywhere there's music, pre-recorded music ...

I agree. This is a big problem in stadiums everywhere: D.C., San Antonio and the Liberty Town, Boston and Baton Rouge. Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco too.

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The issue here isn't whether it's something that they'd be happy to walk up to a stranger and and say, "Hi [term]!" That's not the same as being offended by a sports franchise using a the same term for its team name.

No, I'm NOT trying to speak for native people — that's my whole point, if you were paying attention. I'm saying: Why don't we actually get some native people to speak for themselves on this? Because I haven't seen that, and nobody seems to be even attempting to get their opinion on this. All I'm seeing is a lot of…

Just saying that the term is always, and always been, intended as a slur (as so many do in this debate) doesn't make it true. The history of the term doesn't seem to back that up.

Apparently, it's not true that it was "never not derogatory." See the link that Mordecai posted earlier in this thread, citing evidence that the term was actually originally a Native American one.

Well, for what it's worth, I find that Clevelend Indians' mascot ("Chief Wahoo") to be clearly offensive. But the Redskins don't actually have a "mascott" like Wahoo, and they don't use any similarly derogatory characatures or pictures of Native Americans in their promotional materials. If your High School had such a…

Dan Snyder's a jerk, and there's no doubt that relying on this "Chief Dodson" guy the way they did was clumsy and misguided on the team's part. But the fact is — all that aside — the overwhelming majority of Native Americans don't actually find the name offensive.

Also, that background music you hear during Real Housewives episodes? That isn't there in reality. They dub it in later.