I hate how sensitive we've become as a society and I can't stand this woke movement.
With that being said, it surprises me as to why people can't understand why Native Americans being used as team mascots are offensive.
I personally don't give a shit, but I do understand the concept of a using a human being or ethnic group as a team mascot being offensive, or at the very least, inappropriate.
"Indians", "Redskins", and even Seminoles aren't characters out of comic book or some other fictional medium.....they're a real life ethnic group.
For example, what if someone decided they wanted to make the team mascot the "Rednecks" or "Trailer Trash"?
And what if the logo that accompanied that name was some stereotypical idea of what that sort of person looks like or that persona consists of? Imagine a middle aged white guy with jean shorts and a t-shirt with the sleeves cut off, a cap on, a cigarette in his mouth and an "Ain't Skeered" tattoo on his arm?
It wouldn't matter how many other people who aren't white thought it was funny or didn't mind it, I'm willing to bet there would be a lot of white people from impoverished communities and even some who aren't poor but grow up or live in small towns across America who wouldn't care for it.
I know
@mcnuttz has said a time or two on this board how he doesn't care for how it just seems to be ok to lump him into that group and/or label he and his family as rednecks or other offensive terms used to describe lower class white people simply because he lives in a small southern town.
So on that basis alone, I get why Native Americans are against the use of their history being used as a team mascot because they aren't fictional characters -- they're people.
If you don't understand that concept, then I guess the argument against it will never make sense to you.
