--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Jan Coffey wrote:
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> > Today on the news we learned that questioning hype around a quarterback
> > is racist, but naming a team after an ethnic group which doe not
> > desire to have the team named after them is not.
>
> Which quarterback?
Donovan McNabb
> I think I was hearing something about this, and I thought it was stupid --
> look how many black quarterbacks there are these days. So I can't
> remember which one was getting the hype being questioned.
Exactly.
> As far as the Washington DC football team goes, I heard an interesting
> proposal: Don't change the name, but totally change the logo. But keep
> the same colors. You can do it. A red potato (of course, only the *skin*
> is red!), split at the top with a nice pat of butter will do it nicely.
> :)
still, it's demeaning.
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