In the article “Redskins”: A Native’s Guide to Debating An Inglorious Word” written by Gyasi Ross a Native American himself, he talks about his feelings and his people's feelings towards the name “Redskins”.There had always been a controversy on the name “Redskins” but during Bob Costas halftime essay for “Sunday Night Football” there seemed to be an uprise for this topic. President Obama got involved and the “Washington Post” also got involved in this controversial topic. Ross starts by mentioning the first group of his people that don’t seem to mind the name “Redskins”. They in fact don’t care if they change their name or not. They actually seem to like the name. Ross states that many Native Americans actually don’t care about the football team’s name “Redskins”. It is not a topic that is an interest to many Native…show more content… The major problem with the word “Redskins” is that it is just as wrong as calling an African American a “Negro”. Both words are just wrong except African Americans got their say and the word in now seen as wrong and racist. Somehow we have ignored the Native Americans request to stop using the word “Redskins” to identify them and we use the word as if it were okay to identify them as that, when in fact it is not okay. People seem to think it is okay to tell Native Americans what words should offend them and which ones should not. Native Americans do not have a voice in the words that they find offensive. It isn’t okay to call any other race a name they are not okay with yet Native Americans are not allowed to voice their opinion on what they can or cannot be called. Maybe some time in the future Native Americans voices will be heard and we will stop calling them “Redskins” just as we heard the voices of African Americans and we stopped calling them “Negroes”. Both words are just as equal and
