Washington Redskins. It’s not just “not that big a deal” to Native Americans, most of them couldn’t care less.
These findings show that the fight has wasted lots and lots of time, money, and especially attention. It’s a non-crisis, a made-for-media controversy that matters to very, very few people. The poll shows that 73% of Native Americans don’t feel that redskin is a disrespectful term at all, a figure that hardly budges between tribe members (75%) and non-tribe members (71%). Only 20% of respondents think this issue has any personal importance to them, and 90% aren’t bothered by the team using it as its name — whether they are football fans or not. Only 19% of liberal Native Americans are bothered by the team name, while 80% of that demographic doesn’t care at all.
It’s a boutique issue even for Liberal Native Americans, which means it is exclusive to whiny SJW types with far too much free-time on their hands.
