But the norsemen immigrated to that region, so it is a great salute to their forebears who wiped the red man from that section of the midwest.
clay On Jan 7, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: > B...b...but isn't the use of the name "Vikings" a cultural appropriation? > And a kind of racist stereotype of white people from the north who > (allegedly) raped and pillaged? > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew > Strasfogel via Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 1:08 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Andrew Strasfogel > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Politics are making us angrier than usual, poll > confirms > > Seattle - Vikings should be a very close game. I'm rooting for the Vikes, > whom we can beat. I doubt we can win vs. Seattle: Russell Wilson is an > unstoppable force. Ice water runs in his veins... > > Obviously, I don't like the team name, which is why I use *s when referring > to Washington, D.C.'s football team. Interestingly, the D.C. mayor says > she won't subsidize a new stadium in the District unless the owner changes > the name of the team to something less offensive. > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Peace everyone. Speaking of which: >>> >>> How about those Washington R*dsk*ns! >>> >> >> Don't they play in Seattle? Oh, and the name is Redskins, it has been so >> for several decades. >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
