That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

[The Sicatoka]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

I still don't quite understand why it is okay to have the Atlanta Braves, the Cleveland Indians, and the Chicago Blackhawks, but not to have the Washington Redskins.

No comment.

Signed,
A University of North Dakota Fighting ... Hawks ... fan

[FreshFish]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

Good thing New Zealand's best rugby team¹ doesn't have to deal with US political correctness nonsense....





¹ the All Blacks

[Kepler]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

But the Cleveland Browns are okay?

oh, wait, never mind....

Just wait till you hear the fight song.

[FreshFish]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

Why is the Vikings team name not offensive to Minnesotans? Because Vikings isn't a derogatory term. The Washington Redskins would be the equivalent of the Minnesota Honkies.

But the Cleveland Browns are okay?

oh, wait, never mind....

[dxmnkd316]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

You leave Saint Cloud out of this.

[St. Clown]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

I still don't quite understand why it is okay to have the Atlanta Braves, the Cleveland Indians, and the Chicago Blackhawks, but not to have the Washington Redskins.


I suppose the outcry would not subside if they were to change their mascot to a potato, eh?

Why is the Vikings team name not offensive to Minnesotans? Because Vikings isn't a derogatory term. The Washington Redskins would be the equivalent of the Minnesota Honkies.

[Kepler]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

I still don't quite understand why it is okay to have the Atlanta Braves, the Cleveland Indians, and the Chicago Blackhawks, but not to have the Washington Redskins

I'm guessin' for the same reason that you can name a team the "Rebels" but not the "Racist Wall-eyed Meth-head Yokel Bumpkins."

But you should keep explaining to people when they have the right to take offense. I hear that goes over really well.

[FreshFish]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

I still don't quite understand why it is okay to have the Atlanta Braves, the Cleveland Indians, and the Chicago Blackhawks, but not to have the Washington Redskins.


I suppose the outcry would not subside if they were to change their mascot to a potato, eh?

[Kepler]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

Submitted with no comment.

[dxmnkd316]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

Subscribed because it's my privilege to do so.

[The Rube]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

I don't think you know how deep racism can run until you've spent significant time in South America, SE Asia and the Middle East. And although I've only glanced through Europe I got to know a great many very closely especially when living in the ME.

The Iron Range, and in Duluth-area, racism is rampant, although it's more to do with Indians than Hispanics/African-Amercians/etc. And also Indians being racist against whites.

[Slap Shot]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

I don't think you know how deep racism can run until you've spent significant time in South America, SE Asia and the Middle East. And although I've only glanced through Europe I got to know a great many very closely especially when living in the ME.

[FreshFish]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

Thanks to Shirtless Guy for this one:


If a man says it, he is persistent; if a woman says it, she is nagging.

[FreshFish]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

It should be noted that Sowell is not an independent analyst. He has an extremely strong political bias and is classed as a pundit, not a social scientist. Having said which, I like reading his work. The problem with Sowell is whenever he writes about something I know about he makes critical errors and obviously cherry-picks his citations, and that makes me wonder whether he's doing that when talking about things I don't know about.

Sowell is by no means the only person who has written about the subject, merely someone who has popularized what other people have written.

One of the studies actually cited the justifications given by labor-union proponents of the original minimum wage laws, which at the time were "no blacks wanted," and one of them said outright that, since blacks were willing to work for less than whites, that's why the laws were needed: to protect the wage income of white union workers from being undercut by non-white non-union laborers.

[Kepler]

Re: That's Racist! I: Fun with America's Original Sin

The original minimum wage laws were explicitly and deliberately racist, as has been amply documented in many places. Thomas Sowell's work comes to mind, though there are other studies as well. I think most of them are behind paywalls in academic journals.

It should be noted that Sowell is not an independent analyst. He has an extremely strong political bias and is classed as a pundit, not a social scientist. Having said which, I like reading his work. The problem with Sowell is whenever he writes about something I know about he makes critical errors and obviously cherry-picks his citations, and that makes me wonder whether he's doing that when talking about things I don't know about.