Mascot name changed from Indians to something else

[SlayerZ99]

So just wanna hear what you guys think

A school near me has recently decided to change their mascot name from the Indians to something currently undecided. This is due to a history of complaints about the name being insensitive and even offensive. Anyways, the school board voted (without the town) to change the name just the other day and has caused huge backlash in the community and surrounding areas.

In my opinion, its really not that big of a deal. The school hasn't had a physic mascot for awhile now, none of there uniforms say "Indians" on them so they wouldn't need to be replaced. The only thing that would change would be the name. I'm pretty neutral on the decision and don't see it as a big deal either way but can see both sides of the issue. My school has gone through the same thing and I know that no one, besides the old stuffs who graduated 50 years ago, care that we changed our name from the Redskins.

Anyways, besides the fact that the school mascot is seen as insensitive, the whole town is named after a known Indian killer.

What are you guys thoughts on this specific issue?

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[SetGaming]

think it's reasonable, making mascots off of people is really weird imo

[SlayerZ99]

think it's reasonable, making mascots off of people is really weird imo

Well I was thinking they could really do something cool now as a mascot

Like I said the financial burden is minimal to non-existent

[Nonnel]

they should change it from the indians to the name of the indian killer guy
that would correct the issue, right?

[Poliwhirl]

its for the best

[SlayerZ99]

they should change it from the indians to the name of the indian killer guy
that would correct the issue, right?

Well the school is named after the guy and then the mascot is the indian lmfao so kind of ironic when you think about it

[Katamari007]

Yeah, change it to Injuns

[e-maxx]

my high school was named after George Washington and Robert e lee

I will never understand where they come up with this stuff

i don't see how Indians is offensive tho
maybe its cuz my ancestors killed them all

[SlayerZ99]

my high school was named after George Washington and Robert e lee

I will never understand where they come up with this stuff

i don't see how Indians is offensive tho
maybe its cuz my ancestors killed them all

Yeah its a weird cultural thing

Back in the 80s the mascots of the surrounding towns used to be Redskins, Warriors, Red Raiders, and Indians lmao

[Nonnel]

probably just offensive because it paints them as violent when it was the europeans who came in and genocided them

[Magus]

Meanwhile in Cleveland, we have the Cleveland Indians, the Cleveland Browns (named for Paul Brown), and the Cleveland Cavaliers (named after the losing side in a civil war).

[Cappytaino]

Choctaw/Creek here; name doesn't offend in the slightest. Most including myself actually prefer Indian over Native American.

[Foxscotch]

Most including myself actually prefer Indian over Native American.

well sucks4u bro cus that's impractical

[Cappytaino]

well sucks4u bro cus that's impractical

???

I mean nobody except for sjws or ppl that don't know any better insist that anything other than Native American is offensive.

[Nonnel]

???

I mean nobody except for sjws or ppl that don't know any better insist that anything other than Native American is offensive.

i think he means that it's impractical because the word "indian" is already a word for a completely different race