BUMP.
I was looking for the
"Woke as Fuck" thread, but found this one (which I never wrote in) and decided to put this here instead.
https://www.cf.org/news/native-ameri...k-to-redskins/
"Native American Group Threatens National Boycott If Washington NFL Team Doesn’t Change Name Back to ‘Redskins’"
See... here's the thing. I agree with the statement of the thread title. "Racist as fuck"
IS no better than "woke as fuck." Racism, IMHO, is one of the most
despicable sentiments held by man. It's based on fear, ignorance, lust for hatred, and all kinds of dark sentiments. And to racism, you can add ethnic prejudices, sexism, and the like. To be clear, I'm not including wanting to force life choices on other people... so I'll add that disclaimer.
But to see the very subjects (Native Americans) of this issue decry the change of a team name, and threaten to boycott the NFL if they don't change it back... well... that would be almost funny if it wasn't so damn ironically tragic. I won't regurgitate the points that are very well explained in the article.
Suffice it to say what I've ALWAYS said and maintained. Changing team names and pancake syrup name brands (Aunt Jemima) does NOTHING to change the very real problems of racism in any society. It's misdirected window dressing. It's low hanging fruit. Except in this case
it isn't even being picked from the right tree. :vd: It's ridiculous grandstanding by those who really don't want to do one damn thing to tackle the problems for real. So they pick on meaningless bullshit... pat each other on the back on a job well done... and go back to their pitiful lives.
Meanwhile... you've got the very same Native Americans who I guess were apparently supposed to be (cough) grateful for this gesture... and they're up in arms and threatening to boycott the league if they don't change the name back.
Priceless. :rolleyes: :vd:
So yes. Racist as fuck is just as bad as woke as fuck. But make no mistake about it. When people refuse to roll up their sleeves and do things for real... this is the type of brainless shit that happens. Speaking of "fuck".....
WHO THE FUCK instructed this woke mob to speak up for the Native Americans?? Who gave them permission to act as their spokespersons and pressure the NFL to make this change?
Where are they now that the Native American groups are protesting the name change??
Why aren't they now proceeding to tackle every other professional and collegiate team with a supposedly "offensive" team name? (
I'll just throw it out there that the list is quite long. Lots of work to do. :D ).
Pathetic.