Crimes against humanity

In Ward Churchill's article he spoke out against teams racially acknowledging their mascots like the Redskins for example. What I felt did not fit was that Churchill seemed to take out all his anger against the white man about having teams racially named after the Indians. "First, as a counterpart to the Redskins, we need an NFL team called the 'Niggers'..." I felt like this was uncalled for, two wrongs do not make a right. Churchill should not have pawned off a racial slur onto another ethic group. When I see the name Redskins, I do not see the name in a negative manner, rather I see a heroic chief, gallantly riding off into battle. Just like the football team does, why do we name our sports teams after groups like the vikings, patriots, chiefs, or even fighting Irish? I think that we people value the euphemistic thought of these strong brave men. Most of us know that the vikings were blood thirsty pirates and not all Indians are savages. Churchill really takes the team name Redskins too personally! Also what mostly will get in the way of changing a popular teams name and mascot are the fans. Remember back when the Anaheim Angels changed their name to the Los Angles Angels of Anaheim? There was a huge uproar among fans, hardcore fans value the proud history behind the name and the traditions. The tomahawk chop, even though it's racially deeming it still has some historic and traditional value among die hard fans. And with the hockey team the Ducks, when Disney traded over its ownership to the new owner. He wanted to change their mascot, the awesomely cool Wildwing and I remember fans didn't want to give up that mascot. And to this day because of the fans Wildwing still leads the Ducks on. I know racism is wrong and a very sensitive topic but in one of my favorite musicals called "Avenue Q" there is this song called "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist". The lyrics are really true, racism will always be there although it might not be as extreme as it once was. There's a part of the song that goes, "Everyone's a little bit racist it's true, but everyone's about as racist as you, if we all could just admit, that we are racist a little bit, and everyone stop being so PC, maybe we could live in harmony!" Today it's more of a playful banter that we learn to live with. Maybe if the Redskins' mascot got a makeover Churchill will look at it as an honor.

For those of you who would like to listen to the song here it is! (:
Everyone's a Little Bit Racist-Avenue Q