"While the Redskins debate is fairly straightforward.." is not accurate when one considers the research done by Smithsonian Linguist Emeritus Ives Goddard who spent several months researching the origin of the term "redskins" and found it to be benign. The word was coined by Indians to differentiate themselves from white and black people. The bloody scalp definition was apparently "discovered" in the 1960s by activists.
Tom Benjey, author of
"Keep A-goin': the life of Lone Star Dietz"
On Real America, with Abe Sauer: Red Skin Cheer
"While the Redskins debate is fairly straightforward.." is not accurate when one considers the research done by Smithsonian Linguist Emeritus Ives Goddard who spent several months researching the origin of the term "redskins" and found it to be benign. The word was coined by Indians to differentiate themselves from white and black people. The bloody scalp definition was apparently "discovered" in the 1960s by activists.
Tom Benjey, author of
"Keep A-goin': the life of Lone Star Dietz"