The Washington Reagans?

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Why not the Washington Reagans? You only need to change a few letters and whiten up the mascot some.

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) June 18, 2014

Eight years after a group of Native Americans filed a lawsuit seeking to repeal the Washington Redskins trademark, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has done just that. The team’s name, the ruling says, is “disparaging to Native Americans” and trademarks that “disparage” or engender “contempt or disrepute” are prohibited by federal law.

The ruling doesn’t require the Redskins to change their name, but if it’s upheld after the inevitable appeals, the team may decide to do so anyway since its name will no longer be protected. If anything, the ruling should settle the debate over whether redskin is a slur or an honorific.

-- Adam K. Raymond at New York Magazine

Comments

[icelore.livejournal.com]

I still think the Clevland Indians are far worse. The caricature is just wrong. :/ Teams like the Chiago Blackhawks are ok to me though, though I may be biased in both directions as someone from American Indian descent and a native to Chicago. XD

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I see it like you, I think. That Cleveland Indians logo strikes me
as Sambo-ish. And I think the Washington Cherokees might be
a nice name.

[icelore.livejournal.com]

I mean, honestly, they could keep the Redskins logo, that wasn't the problem so much as the negative connotation with the name.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Yes, we are still reading from the same page.