John Keim, ESPN -- A new Washington Post poll found that 90 percent of Native Americans aren't offended by the Washington Redskins' nickname and an overwhelming majority consider it an unimportant issue.
The Post polled 504 people who identify primarily as Native American from across the country, including those who lived on reservations and those who were not part of a tribe.
The general population appears to care more about the name than Native Americans. A 2014 ESPN poll found that 23 percent of the population favored a name change.
Thursday's findings by the Post match an Annenberg Center survey taken in 2004. The Post poll also found that 78 percent deemed the Redskins' name an issue that is either "not too" or "not at all" important.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Shock Poll: Washington Post poll shows Native Americans unbothered by Redskins name
Hmmm. Well, well, well. What do we have here?
There will be some folks that will challenge the results of this poll. Thoughts?
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It's all a sham. Activists have used the issue to try to rile people up and there wasn't anything to it to start and nothing to it even now.
ReplyDeleteI honestly won't be surprised if activists start lamenting that they are the forgotten Americans.