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There have been several news reports of late about American sports franchises (ie teams) considering name changes on foot of suggestions that their brands or mascots or insignia convey racist attitudes.
Management at the Washington Redskins football team announced this week that the team name will be changed immediately. The new name has not yet been announced so the change won't be all that immediate. The only thing that's clear is that the team is no longer to be called the Washington Redskins.
They should call themselves Those Guys Over There or The Washington Honkies or The Team Formerly Known As The Washington Redskins.
That would be fun.
And somewhere the ghost of the musician formerly known as Prince is smiling.
While references in team names to native Americans are the primary pretext given by those seeking to force name changes, less media attention has been given to calls for name changes among American Indian tribes themselves, some of whom have been long dissatisfied with the origins and or implications of their own cultural monikers.
The Commanche tribe have thus decided to change their name to the Houston Oilers.
"There is no intention to offend anyone in our name change," commented tribal Chief Runs With Premise. "We have no hostility towards Houston or oilmen in general or even towards the original Houston Oilers football team. We just like the name. It has a certain panache. It's a part of history. Our tribe likes to project a cosmopolitan image and this name plays into that. We're not trying to hurt anyone. Let me this way put it. If we were trying to hurt you, you'd know all about it."
The Cherokee tribe have also decided on a name change and will now be called the San Francisco 49ers.
The legendarily ferocious Apaches (and also the nice ones) will henceforth refer to themselves as Wallstreet Business Executives.
The Navajo are renaming themselves Wal Mart.
Believe it, pant, pant, pant... or not.
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Footnote: Chief Runs With Premise appears in this weeks's episode without the permission of Southpark studios.
Management at the Washington Redskins football team announced this week that the team name will be changed immediately. The new name has not yet been announced so the change won't be all that immediate. The only thing that's clear is that the team is no longer to be called the Washington Redskins.
They should call themselves Those Guys Over There or The Washington Honkies or The Team Formerly Known As The Washington Redskins.
That would be fun.
And somewhere the ghost of the musician formerly known as Prince is smiling.
While references in team names to native Americans are the primary pretext given by those seeking to force name changes, less media attention has been given to calls for name changes among American Indian tribes themselves, some of whom have been long dissatisfied with the origins and or implications of their own cultural monikers.
The Commanche tribe have thus decided to change their name to the Houston Oilers.
"There is no intention to offend anyone in our name change," commented tribal Chief Runs With Premise. "We have no hostility towards Houston or oilmen in general or even towards the original Houston Oilers football team. We just like the name. It has a certain panache. It's a part of history. Our tribe likes to project a cosmopolitan image and this name plays into that. We're not trying to hurt anyone. Let me this way put it. If we were trying to hurt you, you'd know all about it."
The Cherokee tribe have also decided on a name change and will now be called the San Francisco 49ers.
The legendarily ferocious Apaches (and also the nice ones) will henceforth refer to themselves as Wallstreet Business Executives.
The Navajo are renaming themselves Wal Mart.
Believe it, pant, pant, pant... or not.
*******
Footnote: Chief Runs With Premise appears in this weeks's episode without the permission of Southpark studios.
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