I'm #Native & I'm going to tell you all the ways #redskins is honoring us.

There's a long and proud tradition of using it to so let's take a look at how much of an honor it is to be a #redskin.

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I bet my ancestors were really honored when this ad putting a $200 bounty on the heads of #redskins sent to Purgatory came out.
We weren't honored nearly as much in Minnesota in 1863 where the scalp of #redskins were only worth $25.
Arizona honored us with a $250 bounty for scalps of #redskins.

I know when I want to feel honored I march right out & get killed for my hair because I'm #Native.
Just in case it's not clear how much an honor being part of the #redskins is here's what it looks like to be honored in such a way.
I know, y'all aren't scalping us. You'd never hurt us like that. You have nothing but respect for us.

I can't put into words how visceral a feeling I get seeing #redskins fans respecting us so much. It's like a hug.

SO. MUCH. RESPECT.
That respect bleeds into new media. Check out this #redskins podcast.

I feel so respected to have the word ADDICT emblazoned across a caricature of #Natives, especially since a gross stereotype is that we're all alcoholics.

Best use of a word since using a slur as a name.
You honor us by not listening to us. It *is* the equivalent of the N word. Refer back to those ads giving cash for dead #redskins scalps. You don't call people a term of endearment if you're paying to kill them.
You honor us by not listening to us. It *is* the equivalent of the N word. Refer back to those ads giving cash for dead #redskins scalps. You don't call people a term of endearment if you're paying to kill them.
You honor us by not listening to us. It *is* the equivalent of the N word. Refer back to those ads giving cash for dead #redskins scalps. You don't call people a term of endearment if you're paying to kill them.
You honor us by not listening to us. It *is* the equivalent of the N word. Refer back to those ads giving cash for dead #redskins scalps. You don't call people a term of endearment if you're paying to kill them.
You honor us by not listening to us. It *is* the equivalent of the N word. Refer back to those ads giving cash for dead #redskins scalps. You don't call people a term of endearment if you're paying to kill them.
Look, we're all happy that you've got a #Native friend. If you were a true friend though you wouldn't tokenize them in defense of a dictionary defined racial slur like #redskins, esp when a 2/2020 poll shows a majority of #Natives loathe the name.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/04/native-mascots-survey/
I know change is scary so I just want to be clear that #redskins fans will still have a team to cheer when they change the name.

We aren't stopping football altogether. We aren't buying up all the footballs in the tri-state area.

No one is shuttering @FedExField.
The thing is though, if you can't support your team when they change their name from the dictionary defined #racialslur #redskins, it's not football you've really been supporting all along, is it?
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