No chief...
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Or warriors or braves...
https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/new-york-schools-banned-from-using-native-american-mascots/
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“Warriors” and “Braves” seem to me to be honorifics, complimenting the valor of the native Americans. I think they could come back when the pendulum swings back to the center.
“Redskins” on the other hand is going to sound impossibly retrograde in very little time, and the next generation will find it hard to believe we used it into the 2020s.
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How about the Pekin Chinks? LOL
(I guess I should be offended, but I had never heard that term before)
"Tradition is not something easily changed and is rarely forgotten. For decades, the small Midwestern city of Pekin, Ill., embraced a tradition considered by many to be an act of prejudice and ignorance. It was not until 1980 that Pekin Community High School students no longer called themselves “Chinks,” and the school united under a different mascot, the Dragons. However, the derogatory stereotypes continued as evidenced by city memorabilia that memorabilia that states, “Old Chinks don‟t die – they just „Drag-on.‟ "
Supposedly, when the city was started, someone (not sure if it is true or not) thought that they were halfway around the world from Peking China.
