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GoldenageGoldenage Posts: 3,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
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For those smarter than me , please explain why some teams can use names of the colors of birds or animals but not the color of humans ? All species are made with different colors and we can say Blackhawks, BlueJays, Red Birds, Black Bears, Yellow Jackets, GoldenKnights, and others, but we can not use Redskins, Whiteskins, or Blackskins.

Seems odd to me, and personally I don’t care about Washington changing it’s name. I am just curious why the color of species conflict applies to humans and not animals also.

Thanks

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am surprised that the Black Hawks have not had the thought police after them. I believe the name came from 19th century warrior - Indian Chief. Black Hawk, e.g. the Black Hawk War during which Abraham Lincoln served in the militia but so no action.

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  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Blackhawks' original owner was Frederic McLaughlin, a "hands-on" owner who fired many coaches during his ownership and led the team to win two Stanley Cup titles in 1934 and 1938.

    McLaughlin had been a commander with the 333rd Machine Gun Battalion of the 86th Infantry Division during World War I. This division was nicknamed the "Blackhawk Division" after Black Hawk, a Native American of the Sauk nation who was a prominent figure in the history of Illinois. McLaughlin named the new hockey team in honor of the military unit, making it one of many sports team names using Native Americans as icons. However, unlike the military division, the team's name was spelled in two words as "Black Hawks" until 1986, when the club officially became the "Blackhawks", based on the spelling found in the original franchise documents.

    Always saw this statute on the drive to Rockford Illinois.

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  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As my 10th grade English teacher Ms. Ross (RIP) would say, it is about denotation vs connotation.

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alfonz24 said:
    The Blackhawks' original owner was Frederic McLaughlin, a "hands-on" owner who fired many coaches during his ownership and led the team to win two Stanley Cup titles in 1934 and 1938.

    McLaughlin had been a commander with the 333rd Machine Gun Battalion of the 86th Infantry Division during World War I. This division was nicknamed the "Blackhawk Division" after Black Hawk, a Native American of the Sauk nation who was a prominent figure in the history of Illinois. McLaughlin named the new hockey team in honor of the military unit, making it one of many sports team names using Native Americans as icons. However, unlike the military division, the team's name was spelled in two words as "Black Hawks" until 1986, when the club officially became the "Blackhawks", based on the spelling found in the original franchise documents.

    Always saw this statute on the drive to Rockford Illinois.

    ...
    An example of how something started as an honor can come to be seen as an insult later on.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Most dogs don't get insulted because they're too stupid to know what's going on.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

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