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Native Americans Threaten to Boycott Over NFL Name Change Erasing History – Full Story
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A Native American group threatened a national boycott of the Washington Commanders unless the NFL changes the name back to the Washington Redskins. Here’s the full story.
The Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) wrote in a tweet that they sent a letter to the leaders of the Washington ‘Commanders’ football team formally requesting the team “revitalize its relationship with the American Indian community and rightfully change their name back to ‘The Redskins.’”
In 2020, the football team announced it was removing ‘Redskins’ from its name, and two years later announced the national professional football team would be called the ‘Washington Commanders.’
The name change came about from pressure from the cancel culture mob following the death of George Floyd and those who claimed that the term was racist and offensive to Native Americans.
The name change stemmed from pressure from the cancel culture mob following the death of George Floyd and those who claimed the term was racist and offensive to Native Americans.
The team dropped their former name after 87 years.
Advocates for the name change said the Washington ‘Redskins’ was offensive to many Indigenous people who viewed the name and branding as both a slur and a disparaging stereotype grounded in America’s history of violence against Native people.
Suzan Harjo, a 76-year-old who advocated the team’s name change, called the change “a huge step forward.” She said, “It’s not alright to use disparaging terms, derogatory names, slurs, images, and behaviors.”
Harjo refers to the word redskins as the “r-word” and says it is inseparable from harmful, racist attitudes that have translated into emotional and physical violence against Native Americans.
The origin of the term has been debated by linguists and historians, and some say the word ‘redskin’ didn’t start out as an insult.
However, to many Native Americans, the word refers to the grotesque act of hunting down and skinning their ancestors’ scalps for cash bounties.
NAGA addressed what they called “cancel culture” against the Native American population.
By changing the name of the football team, the NFL was erasing Native Americans’ “steadfast role in American history, including serving as counselors to the Founding Fathers in the creation of the US Constitution.”
NAGA addressed what they called “cancel culture” against the Native American population.
By changing the name of the football team, the NFL was erasing Native Americans’ “steadfast role in American history, including serving as counselors to the Founding Fathers in the creation of the US Constitution.”
NAGA said the team could revitalize its relationship with the American Indian community by doing two things. First, change the team’s name back to ‘The Redskins’ which recognizes the first inhabitants of America.
Second, NAGA wants the team to use their historic name and legacy to encourage Americans to learn about the history of America’s tribes – not cancel it.
The group wants everyone to know the role the American Indian community played in the founding of the United States.
Their letter threatened, “Should we need to encourage a national boycott similar to what happened with Anheuser Busch (Bud Light) which is now down $27 billion (note, not one brick thrown, not one highway blocked, not one bridge burned) – WE WILL DO JUST THAT.”
After a popular transgender influencer promoted a Bud Light contest on Instagram, calls for a boycott followed.
Because of the boycott, Bud Light’s sales dropped and two of its executives took a leave of absence. In a three month span, the world’s largest brewer’s revenue declined by 10.5%.
The letter from NAGA to the football team ended by noting that in today’s society, this “oppression and arbitrary and capricious recognition of U.S. history and Constitutional rights is not acceptable.”
The group vowed to stand their ground because “if you don’t acknowledge history, we are doomed to repeat it.”
Native Americans Threaten to Boycott Over NFL Name Change Erasing History – Full Story
©Provided by Back Edge News
A Native American group threatened a national boycott of the Washington Commanders unless the NFL changes the name back to the Washington Redskins. Here’s the full story.
The Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) wrote in a tweet that they sent a letter to the leaders of the Washington ‘Commanders’ football team formally requesting the team “revitalize its relationship with the American Indian community and rightfully change their name back to ‘The Redskins.’”
In 2020, the football team announced it was removing ‘Redskins’ from its name, and two years later announced the national professional football team would be called the ‘Washington Commanders.’
The name change came about from pressure from the cancel culture mob following the death of George Floyd and those who claimed that the term was racist and offensive to Native Americans.
The name change stemmed from pressure from the cancel culture mob following the death of George Floyd and those who claimed the term was racist and offensive to Native Americans.
The team dropped their former name after 87 years.
Advocates for the name change said the Washington ‘Redskins’ was offensive to many Indigenous people who viewed the name and branding as both a slur and a disparaging stereotype grounded in America’s history of violence against Native people.
Suzan Harjo, a 76-year-old who advocated the team’s name change, called the change “a huge step forward.” She said, “It’s not alright to use disparaging terms, derogatory names, slurs, images, and behaviors.”
Harjo refers to the word redskins as the “r-word” and says it is inseparable from harmful, racist attitudes that have translated into emotional and physical violence against Native Americans.
The origin of the term has been debated by linguists and historians, and some say the word ‘redskin’ didn’t start out as an insult.
However, to many Native Americans, the word refers to the grotesque act of hunting down and skinning their ancestors’ scalps for cash bounties.
NAGA addressed what they called “cancel culture” against the Native American population.
By changing the name of the football team, the NFL was erasing Native Americans’ “steadfast role in American history, including serving as counselors to the Founding Fathers in the creation of the US Constitution.”
NAGA addressed what they called “cancel culture” against the Native American population.
By changing the name of the football team, the NFL was erasing Native Americans’ “steadfast role in American history, including serving as counselors to the Founding Fathers in the creation of the US Constitution.”
NAGA said the team could revitalize its relationship with the American Indian community by doing two things. First, change the team’s name back to ‘The Redskins’ which recognizes the first inhabitants of America.
Second, NAGA wants the team to use their historic name and legacy to encourage Americans to learn about the history of America’s tribes – not cancel it.
The group wants everyone to know the role the American Indian community played in the founding of the United States.
Their letter threatened, “Should we need to encourage a national boycott similar to what happened with Anheuser Busch (Bud Light) which is now down $27 billion (note, not one brick thrown, not one highway blocked, not one bridge burned) – WE WILL DO JUST THAT.”
After a popular transgender influencer promoted a Bud Light contest on Instagram, calls for a boycott followed.
Because of the boycott, Bud Light’s sales dropped and two of its executives took a leave of absence. In a three month span, the world’s largest brewer’s revenue declined by 10.5%.
The letter from NAGA to the football team ended by noting that in today’s society, this “oppression and arbitrary and capricious recognition of U.S. history and Constitutional rights is not acceptable.”
The group vowed to stand their ground because “if you don’t acknowledge history, we are doomed to repeat it.”
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“Hey, you over there minding your own business LOOK AT ME!!!”
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Endorsements | NAGA Guardians
Endorsements and recommendations of the Native American Guardian's Association from different schools and organizations that we have worked with to educate not eradicate Native names and imagery.
www.nagaeducation.org
I take back everything I thought and said about this organization lol
I nominate Bandkid to write up a proposal and send to them to consider an endorsement.
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