On Monday, the Washington Redskins football team announced their plans to change the team’s name and logo after 87 years in the wake of the reignition of the race war by Antifa and Black Lives Matter activists.
One of the biggest proponents of the name change was Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), who demanded the team rip down its mascot and change its name to placate the “reckoning” led by far-left race-baiting groups. She lambasted the team’s name as a “racial slur,” despite a Native American artist creating the team’s logo and nine out of ten Native Americans being in support of the team’s “Redskins” name, according to the Washington Post. Despite the overwhelming support from Indigenous people for the name to remain, Haaland and others appear to have prevailed in canceling the team’s long-time pro-Native American identity.
On Twitter, Haaland lauded the decision to change the name and logo, writing, “About time. It shouldn’t take a huge social movement & pressure from corporate sponsors to do the right thing, but I’m glad this is happening. Huge thanks to everyone who made their voices heard. #TheTimeIsNow #ChangeTheName”
She continued, “Today’s announcement from the Washington @NFL Team is a long time coming. Suzan Shown Harjo, Charlene Teters, & @_IllumiNatives have been tirelessly working on removing racist mascots for far too long. Grateful for their perseverance. #ChangeTheName”
New Mexico Democrat Sen. Tom Udall also praised the decision to change the Redskins branding, writing, “The football team that represents the nation’s capital should not play under the banner of a racist name that denigrates Native Americans.”
Sen. Martin Heinrich also opined on the Redskins’ decision, commenting, “Sports should bring us together, not spread division and racist stereotypes. Caricatures and slurs about Native Americans are wholly inappropriate names for sports teams and school mascots. I hope this long overdue change will lead to schools and professional sports teams across the country ending mascots and other fan traditions that alienate and denigrate.”
The Washington Redskins have yet to announce their new name, however, it is rumored to be either the RedWolves, Redtails, or Warriors.
This is so sad, this change did not come from the people, only from elites who think they are the only ones who have a brain. You all are not the wizard who gives out brains, hearts or courage, you are the very people who work hard at taking these things from the people who you supposedly represent. You politicians forgot the many people who had faith in you to help make our states better, instead you are the rippers of our states.
Another idiotic decision. Is Deb Haaland a representative of New Mexico or does she represent some other group? This is another example of her meddling and disrespecting the people here.
It was an honor to name the team and it was actually a Native person who designed the log. So why are Deb and our disgraceful reps disrespecting a native person?
Deb is as fake as Elizabeth Warren and a hypocrite.
It was designed by Native American Walter “Blackie” Wetzel to depict a member of the Blackfeet tribe.
Wetzel grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana and was eventually elected president of the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C.
He was instrumental in the Redskins franchise logo change from an “R” to the current depiction of a Native American.
According to Wetzel’s son, Lance, the logo is not offensive, but rather evokes a sense of pride.
“Everyone was pretty upset (about the change),” Lance Wetzel said. . Once they weren’t going to use the logo, it was hard. It takes away from the Native Americans. When I see that logo, I take pride in it. You look at the depiction of the Redskins logo and it’s of a true Native American. I always felt it was representing my people.