Donald Sterling and Political Theory

[Jarvan]

You should start a new thread describing how oppressed you are.

It is argued by sociologist Irving Lewis Allen that slang identifiers for ethnic groups based upon physical characteristics are by nature derogatory, emphasizing the difference between the speaker and the target.

The first use of red-skin or red Indian may have been limited to specific groups that used red pigments to decorate their bodies, such as the Beothuk people of Newfoundland who painted their bodies with red ochre.[10] Redskin is first recorded in the late 17th century and was applied to the Algonquian peoples generally, but specifically to the Lenape or Delaware (who lived in what is now southern New York State and New York City, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania). Redskin referred not to the natural skin color of the Lenape, but to their use of vermilion face paint and body paint.

It was not a derogatory name.

Also..

The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people".

So.. when Congress says that Oklahoma is racist.. Then..then we can talk about the sports team.

But.. I Don't see ANY native Americans complaining about Oklahoma.... do you?