REDSKINS Persuasive Speech Presentation Outline
uve nev heard baseball AL cotton picking negro/MEx wetback footbal NYC kykes/cal coolies nvr heard bskbll FL/crackers NJ guidos
Yet w all heard WA RS
Most off name=RS; but term still used national FB team reppin the nation’s CAP
We learned name calling = bad/ how strong power lang using offen names/slurs in pop cult perpetuates stereotypes makes pop bline & accumstumed 2 outright racism. i done lot research on W RS disg ignorace racism pervades the s team the legacy of racism/ whi ws estab from start by team found/own George Preston Marshall, is imp component 2 the story of FB t name & origin in ameri pop cult
The team was
Established 1932 in Boston Massachusetts. George Preston Marshall, the team’s founder and original owner, thought of the idea strictly as a marketing gimmick. He thought the Redskins name was funny, just as he thought the war paint and feather headdress he made the head coach wear were funny. He even had his players dress up in Indian outfits and perform during halftimes.
19321934 the team was original named the Boston Braves. In 1934 the team changed its name to the Boston Redskins. Then in 1937 when the team moved to
Washington D.C. they changed the name to the Washington Redskins.
"Native American names appear to have been chosen to represent sports teams to emphasize the 'Americanness' of the team and its patriotic character," The origin of the ‘Redskin’ term is widely debated by scholars the NFL and racists alike.
Team owner Dan Snyder, has insisted that the term actually means
"honor" and "respect" toward
Native Americans.
However all modern American English dictionaries define the term
“Redskin”
as "offensive", "disparaging", "insulting", and "taboo".
For centuries
‘red’ was the universally accepted color label for Native American. The
Oxford English Dictionary cites the earliest use of the word in a 1699 letter from an English colonialist, Samuel Smith, which states: "Ye
Yet w all heard WA RS
Most off name=RS; but term still used national FB team reppin the nation’s CAP
We learned name calling = bad/ how strong power lang using offen names/slurs in pop cult perpetuates stereotypes makes pop bline & accumstumed 2 outright racism. i done lot research on W RS disg ignorace racism pervades the s team the legacy of racism/ whi ws estab from start by team found/own George Preston Marshall, is imp component 2 the story of FB t name & origin in ameri pop cult
The team was
Established 1932 in Boston Massachusetts. George Preston Marshall, the team’s founder and original owner, thought of the idea strictly as a marketing gimmick. He thought the Redskins name was funny, just as he thought the war paint and feather headdress he made the head coach wear were funny. He even had his players dress up in Indian outfits and perform during halftimes.
19321934 the team was original named the Boston Braves. In 1934 the team changed its name to the Boston Redskins. Then in 1937 when the team moved to
Washington D.C. they changed the name to the Washington Redskins.
"Native American names appear to have been chosen to represent sports teams to emphasize the 'Americanness' of the team and its patriotic character," The origin of the ‘Redskin’ term is widely debated by scholars the NFL and racists alike.
Team owner Dan Snyder, has insisted that the term actually means
"honor" and "respect" toward
Native Americans.
However all modern American English dictionaries define the term
“Redskin”
as "offensive", "disparaging", "insulting", and "taboo".
For centuries
‘red’ was the universally accepted color label for Native American. The
Oxford English Dictionary cites the earliest use of the word in a 1699 letter from an English colonialist, Samuel Smith, which states: "Ye