Over 90% of Native Americans, myself included, are offended that you think a term we created and coined is offensive to us. Stop being too racist to use the word Redskins. At least do some proper research on the matter and alleviate your ignorance.

Enough disrespect of the Native American community. They’re called the Redskins, not the “Skins.” Although “Skins” is used for short by both fans of the team and by Native Americans.

It’s a shame that we have to keep children away from a site like Gizmodo thanks to extremely unprofessional titles.

Probably because so many Native Americans willingly use the name in official capacities, including for team nicknames. And probably because its a word we came up with and coined ourselves before white people hijacked it then proceeded to try and erase any and all pop culture references and imagery of us under the…