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  3. JanF

    President Obama weighs in

       Obama, in an interview with The Associated Press, said team names like the Redskins offend “a sizable group of people.” He said that while fans get attached to the nicknames, nostalgia may not be a good enough reason to keep them in place.

       “I don’t know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real legitimate concerns that people have about these things,” he said in the interview, which was conducted Friday.

    The article points out “This isn’t and never has been about ‘honoring’ Native Americans with symbols of ‘strength, courage, pride, and respect.’ It’s about attachment to a name that has significant football-related history behind it, and, as Obama noted, whether that should take precedent over people who see it is as offensive.”

    This may be a way to undercut the claims that it is not offensive to whichever tribal spokesman the Washington NFL team owners place in front of a microphone to bolster their case. There are just as many, if not more, who can be placed in front of a microphone saying that it is offensive. Admit that it is related to the nostalgia, change the name and then find a way to deal with people’s grief over losing that connection to their sports past.

     

  6. anotherdemocrat

    55 degrees this morning — brrrrrrr!!!!! I have a long-sleeved dress picked out for church, may add a sweater. And I’ll definitely need closed-toe shoes.

    Eating breakfast & watching Up. Today’s agenda:  church, cooking…. and that’s pretty much it.

  8. Diana in NoVa

    as they say in British bingo.

    Wish I were with you in the Hudson Valley, Denise.  I can’t wait for the rain that’s coming tomorrow.  We’re already three inches under for the year here in Northern Virginia.

    Feeling slightly encouraged this morning because I think the beginning of my next short story is about to materialize into solid form from the whirling cloud of research I’ve been doing. That always helps!  Once I’ve nailed that I won’t have much trouble until Scene 4, when I have to write about a subject of which I am abysmally ignorant. 😉

    Elder Son is taking his wife to the train station as I write.  She’s going up to New York to look after her father, who had a hip replacement on Tuesday. He and his wife are such sweeties–can’t wait to see them again! They’re coming to us for Thanksgiving.

    This afternoon Elder Son is coming over for a grill-out. Younger Son used to be a chef, so I won’t have to do any cooking at all.  I can help in other ways. Dearly Beloved has banned dessert in this house until he loses a few pounds (with his metabolism, that’ll take about 5 days), so I don’t have to do anything for dessert either.  I may put a box of chocolates on the table after dinner.  Then again, I may just let it go. 🙂

    Hope everyone will have a good day and a good week!  Surely the news can’t get much worse than it already is.

  9. princesspat

    Maggie’s family comes home today…..I’m going to miss the little stinker! She’s kept me safe from the train whistles all week and taught me to fetch the tennis ball from under the sofa 🙂

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