Hatunen wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:09:02 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
> wrote:
>
[snip]
> >> I've witnessed an argument between blacks in which they were
calling
> >> each other "nigger". But I don't think a caucasian could get away
with
> >> calling either one of them "nigger". In like fashion, the sports
teams
> >> of the Red Mesa, AZ High School (on the Navajo rez) are the
"Redskins".
> >> But the Washington "Redskins" are under attack. It's all
related to
> >> "ownership" of the word, I'm told.
> >snip
> >
> >Then those folks can all piss off and be ignored. Words are not
owned.
> >
> But words can be powerful, and where a word has a history of
> being used in a derogatory manner, "fighting words," it is only
> polite to avoid using it.
>
> Once upon a time in America, redskins were people to be
> eliminated in a near genocide, so the remaining redskins might be
> a bit tetchy about the word.
>
> Would you think that a sports team that called itelf the
> "Fighting Kikes", a homage to the winning nature of the Israeli
> army, would be appropriate?
Dunno, but I wanna see the mascot.
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