Should Sports Teams With Offense Names Be Forced To Change?

There are several sports teams in America that have offensive names mostly aimed at Native Americans including the Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blackhawks, and probably most notoriously the Washington Redskins. These teams have been able to use these names rather unchallenged for many, many years, but the question remains: Should these teams be allowed to do so? These sports teams absolutely should not be able to keep these names and should change out of respect for the offended people. The fact that the targeted group in each of these team names is aimed at Native Americans, a group that has been discriminated against since the founding of America is disgraceful. The issue comes in with the fact that these teams have been marketed with their original names uninterrupted and forcing them to change may cost a lot of money not only to the organization to rebrand but also to fans to buy new merchandise.

This is not a valid excuse because these teams certainly have the financial capabilities to do so. If certain ethnic groups are calling for the names to be changed it is most likely the right idea to do so. There is way too much political correctness in today’s society but separating political correctness from just plain racism is fairly easy in this situation. These teams all have Native Americans as their mascots and that is where a major problem comes in because it’s basically using a whole minority group as a mascot. The answer for all of this is fairly simple and seemingly effortless when the financial resources like these big sports teams have and the answer is to just change the name. Changing the name of the sports team will save everyone the trouble of these constant claims to change the names and also will give these minorities much more peace of mind.