Native Americans are not offended by it and it is not racist. It actually honors a group to name your team after them. It is mostly liberal White women that are offended on others' behalf.
It’s a mascot for f-sake. It’s used out of respect and admiration for the subjects. In fail to see the racism in it. It. does. not. have. a. negative. connotation.
The United States of America contains 50 states, and 27 state names are based in American Indian languages: Alabama (Choctaw), Alaska (Aleut), Arizona (O’odham), Arkansas (Illinois), Connecticut (Algonquian), Hawaii (from the indigenous language of Hawai’i), Idaho (Apache), Illinois (Algonquian language group, probably Miami), Iowa (Dakota), Kansas (Kansas), Kentucky (Seneca), Massachusetts (Narragansett), Michigan (Ottawa), Minnesota (Dakota), Mississippi (Ojibwe), Missouri (Missouri), Nebraska (Chiwere), New Mexico (Nahuatl), North and South Dakota (Dakota), Ohio (Seneca), Oklahoma (Choctaw), Tennessee (Cherokee), Texas (Caddo), Utah (Apache), Wisconsin (Miami), and Wyoming (Lenape).
But what histological connection do any of these teams have with these tribes? To me it just seems about reducing a culture to the level of tacky mascot.
Nah. You are rooting for the seminoles and not against them, right? I think in this case the visiting teams would be the real racists like Georgia and Miami, especially.
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Native Americans are not offended by it and it is not racist. It actually honors a group to name your team after them.
It is mostly liberal White women that are offended on others' behalf.
It’s a mascot for f-sake. It’s used out of respect and admiration for the subjects. In fail to see the racism in it. It. does. not. have. a. negative. connotation.
Cancel culture became real…
I would think the only votes that count belong to the Seminole people.
I don't consider it racist. Has the Seminole tribe leadership ever issued any sort of positioning statement on the issue?
I've heard about several of these cases.
The natives werent offended, leftists were.
The reason sports teams use native American tribes as names is the same reason why the us military names its helicopters after them. Warrior spirit
Only in the fevered and delusional mind of a leftard would it be in any way offensive to honour the Native Americans in that way.
Only if the actual Seminoles are offended, assuming there are any left.
Yes, there are many of them living in South Florida.
So I think their opinion would be of help
Did the Tribe complain about it, or is it just a bunch of busy-bodies sticking their noses where they are neither wanted nor appreciated?
Is it racist to refer to Seminoles as Seminoles?
What the hell are we even talking about?
OMG - these people need chill pills, not new mascots.
There are entire states that are named after native tribes. Should the states change their names?
I don't think so.
The United States of America contains 50 states, and 27 state names are based in American Indian languages: Alabama (Choctaw), Alaska (Aleut), Arizona (O’odham), Arkansas (Illinois), Connecticut (Algonquian), Hawaii (from the indigenous language of Hawai’i), Idaho (Apache), Illinois (Algonquian language group, probably Miami), Iowa (Dakota), Kansas (Kansas), Kentucky (Seneca), Massachusetts (Narragansett), Michigan (Ottawa), Minnesota (Dakota), Mississippi (Ojibwe), Missouri (Missouri), Nebraska (Chiwere), New Mexico (Nahuatl), North and South Dakota (Dakota), Ohio (Seneca), Oklahoma (Choctaw), Tennessee (Cherokee), Texas (Caddo), Utah (Apache), Wisconsin (Miami), and Wyoming (Lenape).
indiancountrytoday.com/.../names-have-power-the-united-states-of-indigenous-names
There you go! Even more than I would've thought!
Depends how indigenous people feel about it. Ik some if them find it offensive
Nope as Bobby Bowden said they asked for permission from the Indian seminoles to take the name and got it granted to them
Why not put Thor or loki as their mascot.
Or some other nordic creature
I wasn't there when hey adopted the mascot in the late 1940's. Do you think it is racist now?
Change it. Wouldn't fix native American problems Would it?
Caring about that stuff is 1st world problems
It doesn't bother me.
It doesn't bother me either. i get it It looks weird to put another human being as a mascot like trophy kill.
But you have bigger issues than pictures.
Like kidnapping, drugs and crime
But you could use another person or a group of people as a mascot because of adoration for them.
No that’s dumb.
Florida State Seminoles.
Its a good name
But what histological connection do any of these teams have with these tribes? To me it just seems about reducing a culture to the level of tacky mascot.
What about the us military naming convention for helicopters?
Nah. You are rooting for the seminoles and not against them, right? I think in this case the visiting teams would be the real racists like Georgia and Miami, especially.
I think it all depends on the Seminoles and how they feel about it.
Nope americas need to learn not to be offended so much
Is it racist for Notre Dame to have a little Irishman as a mascot?
I don't think so.