I was listening to CBC radio (99.1 FM) this afternoon. They were interviewing Ian Campeau, an Ojibway musician and DJ in the band A Tribe Called Red. Campeau, 32, had filed a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission against a junior football team in the Ottawa region called the Nepean Redskins saying it's name is offensive. I have to wholly agree.
What's shocking is that not all callers (to the talk show) had the same view. Well, embarrassingly enough, it was a few of the male callers who thought he was making a big deal of things. All the female callers seemed to understand Campeau's position (putting us guys to shame).
Some of the male callers said he was being too sensitive, that he shouldn't let "name calling" bother him. Are you complete idiots? What if I wanted to name my hockey team the Calgary Chinamen? Or my football team the New York N*ggers? Do you think that would fly? That's pretty much on par with calling your team the Redskins. It racist, derogatory and wholly disrespectful.
First get the Nepean football team to change its name. Then the inappropriately named NFL team from Washington should follow suit. Shame on you!
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