# Redskin: derogatory or term of respect?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redskin-derogatory-or-term-of-respect/689346>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redskin-derogatory-or-term-of-respect/689346 "2014-05-27T03:21:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redskin-derogatory-or-term-of-respect/689346/61 "2014-05-29T05:45:28Z")

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> [@chacoguy](#):
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> Sorry, I wasn’t responding to you, we cross posted.
> 
> That said, are you seriously confused as to why someone might object to[this particular characterization](http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/53/57/full/720.gif), especially in bobblehead form?

That’s not the Washington Redskins’ logo; it’s the Cleveland Indians’.

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