Ian Campeau is right: No one in good conscience would put up with a name like the Blackskins, Yellowskins or for that matter, Darkies, Hymies or Kikes for a football or any other sports team. So why do people tolerate, and even defend the name Redskins for a football team in our city? Why does Campeau have to take his case to the Ontario Human Rights Commission before he gets someone to act?
“It is defined in the dictionary as offensive. I hope most people in Ottawa would agree that using a term defined as offensive for a youth football team is not appropriate,” he says
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