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Friday, May 20, 2016

Poll: 9 In 10 Native Americans Not Offended By Redskins Name

NEW YORK (AP) — A recent national poll found that nine of 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by the Washington Redskins name.

The poll conducted by the Washington Post indicated more than eight in 10 said they wouldn’t be offended if someone who was not a Native American called them that name.

A federal judge ordered the cancellation of the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration in July, ruling that their name may be disparaging to Native Americans. The club is appealing.

Ninety percent of the random national sample of 504 Native Americans said the name doesn’t bother them; 9 percent said it was offensive. Native Americans make up about 2 percent of the U.S. population.

Interviews were conducted from December through April on landline and cellphones, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 percentage points.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you realize how many people make up 1 in 10 Natives?

It is astonishing that these poor people must endure the terrible pain of watching NFL every weekend and being offended.

Anonymous said...

well the way the skins have been losing for the last 20 years they ought to be upset with them using the name!

Anonymous said...

The reason is simple; they are not winey like AA's in this country. They get their feeling hurt over any word and now a smile. SMH

Anonymous said...

I wonder if the Native Americans decided to use that term to describe one another, dropping the last letter and making it a letter A. That way it can be "their" term and not one used to degrade....

Anonymous said...

Gosh darn.