» The Washington Niggers

Yes, I used the N word. I did it on purpose.

The United States football team for the Capital city itself is called the Washington Redskins.

That’s the same level of racial epithet as calling the team the “Washington Niggers”.

It’s got nothing to do with the racial makeup of the team, it’s about the team’s name itself.

“Redskins” is a word loaded with racist hatred, bigotry, and was commonly associated with the attempted genocide perpetrated on the Native American Indians by the white settlers.

It has enough history of that hatred, of that genocidal approach, that is is certainly as offensive in daily use as the N word.

Yet for some reason, no-one cares. You can bet if the team was named that way, there’s be an uproar of outcry, demonstrations, riots - all quite understandable and justifiable.

So why is the same level of racism celebrated in the nation’s capital, plastered over cars and flags, mentioned on respectable TV channels?

Using it this way is celebrating the murder of millions - more than died in the Holocaust, celebrating stealing the land, celebrating trying to wipe the Amerindians out. Using the N word would be celebrating slavery, segregation, discrimination.

Why is one condoned when the other would most certainly be despised?

People say that the term is a mark of respect to the Amerindians. What they really mean is that the mega millions the NFL and the team rakes in time and again, merchandising rights and everything else, is more important than recognizing the deeply racist use of the word.

That this happens in the nations capital is simply a reflection of the continued bigotry and discrimination against the American Indians by the descendants of mass murdering settlers.

The fight for civil rights, the fight for an end to racism, stopped when one racial group got somewhere. They support it as long as it doesn’t target them. They don’t care, they got a start on equality.

The civil rights version of “I’m alright now Jack, screw you.”

So when you want to rant and rail at me for using the N word, remember this the next time you use the word “Redskins”. if you can use that to describe Amerindians, I can use it back. Fair’s fair, right?

Or does discrimination go so deeply that people will think they’re somehow “better”, and so can be bigoted but be immune in return?

Does it really take an 800lb gorilla to notice racism now?

Tags: american indian, amerindian, bigotry, genocide, hypocrisy, native american, racism, washington redskins