Names For Sports Teams

For John, BLUF:  Everyone is offended by something.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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No Sports Mascot Is Safe

From Tilting at Windmills, by Blogger Tom Knighton, 14 January 2022.

Here is the lede plus sevn:

I’ve always thought the outrage over mascots was rather stupid. After all, when a team picks a mascot, it’s a sign of respect.  They pick something fierce and dangerous, not something they deride.

Yet teams like the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians are no more, all because some people were offended—most of whom, it should be noted, were white.

It was declared that any team with an indigenous mascot was doing something vile and they should stop.

Not every team is listening, of course, but that’s the push because using another culture as a mascot is wrong.

Luckily, you can still use white cultures for mascots, right?

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Western Washington University may scrap its Viking mascot and is currently conducting an investigation to help make a final decision on the issue.

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But the verdict is out on the Vikings.  A “strong majority” of the university’s Legacy Review Taskforce recommended to trustees to remove “Viking” from the Viking Union.

“The Task Force was concerned about the harm caused by asking all members of the Western community to identify with a figure that is potentially exclusive on the basis of both ethnicity and gender,” the taskforce stated in its report.

I guess, name them for their towns and cities, or name them after their arenas.

When will we begin to go against the names of towns and cities?  When do we scrub Sacramento and Corpus Christi?  What about St Augustine, or even Richmond?

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff