Edit: Meme has been slightly altered to be more accurate. Credit to @ininewcrow for the updated and better image.
It should say “Whiteskins” instead
Blue eyed devils, honkies, mayonnaise monkies, paleface (probably the most fitting as it’s a slur of native American origin and fits the redskins theme), peckerwood, whitey, or white trash
Eh, I don’t think crackers quite works, just because the origin and use of the word compared to “Red Skins” has a slightly different context. I think “Red Necks” would have been a solid play on words, but obviously doesn’t quite have the same racial connotations and history. Aside from whitey or cracker, I can’t think of many other similar pejorative racial descriptors that’d really work though.
If you’re using a bucktoothed yokel as your mascot, you’re missing out on a solid “Red Necks” joke
Wouldn’t work. Doesn’t feel the same. Half of the country or more personally identifies as red neck, and proudly. If someone called me that, my first impulse would be a joking fist pump because one half of my family is that, yes.
Those that don’t self-identify either jokingly or in seriousness wouldn’t see the shirt as applying to themselves, so no part of it would land at all. They’d just giggle and agree like most people in this thread are doing.
Notwithstanding that the actual term redneck came about from the red handkerchiefs worn by workers during the Battle of Blair Mountain, an ongoing strike between unionized coal miners and local company towns that ended in anywhere from an estimated 20 - 100 dead. So again, fuck yeah my ass is a redneck.
Paleface.
Paleface does not have and has never had a good connotation. That one is different and nothing about the implicit reminder is fun. It’s one of two whole terms in existence that would make me knee-jerk upset. I’m hoping against every experience I’ve had with a fairly disappointing race that nobody proudly refers to themselves in the open as Paleface.
Go with that one.
I prefer the Cleveland Colonizers
The Washington Wypipo (I would wear this version)
alternate
The Colorado Crackers
The Indianapolis Institutional Racism (WNBA team)
The Columbus Yakubians
The Louisville Legrees
This meme always bugged me because it’s not an equivalent portrayal of what the actual real life team mascot displays (or had displayed for several decades … but continues to display in many other leagues and communities and schools)
As an Indigenous person … this is what Native mascot logos look like to me.
I want that tshirt so much!
I’m as white as the driven snow and English by the way.
"Some folk’ll never lose a toe, but then again some folk’ll. Like Cleetus, the pale faced yokel.
Did you know why natives hate snow?
It’s white, and settles on their land.
I want that tshirt so much!
I’m as white as the driven snow and English by the way.
"Some folk’ll never lose a toe, but then again some folk’ll. Like Cleetus, the pale faced yokel.
It took me an EMBARRASSING amount of time to realize that was two thumbs up and not like… holding his clothes with his fingers tucked in. I was so fucking confused. I want to slap myself.
I don’t know, that’s awfully PC. Shouldn’t it say “Whiteys” or similar?
Its pointing out that “redskins” is offensive, but not being offensive to do it.
You could say being formal is itself another joke on top of the contrast, as “indigenous” or “first peoples” would be an equally stupid football team name as “Caucasians.”
Yeah you’re a lot more likely to get murdered walking around with the N word on your shirt than anything you’d think would offend a hillbilly.
Did you see the Top Gear episode where the lads went to the Deep South and got chased by red necks cos their car had Hilary Clinton and gay sex painted on the sides?
Caucasians football is sponsored by mayonnaise and friendly interactions with law enforcement.
lol … I’m Ojibway-Cree from northern Ontario in Canada … born and bred Indigenous and speak my own language
My family friends and I had a hell of laugh a few years ago when Heinz announced it’s new mayonnaise sauce - Mayochup … some weird combination of mayonnaise and ketchup
In English it sounds like nothing … but in Cree, Ojibway and Ojibway-Cree … it translates as ‘shit face’ …
- May-yeh – translates as ‘shit’ or ‘feces’
- the ending ‘chup’ … is a descriptive ending you tack onto the end of a word to denote that it refers to a individuals face
Mayo-chup … literally means ‘shit face’ in my language
That’s awesome. Also mayo + ketchup is called golf sauce, not sure why they would call it mayochup.
I’m a whiteskin and I’d wear it.
I’m pretty sure if a white person wears it, it might be taken as a more white power thing than a mocking thing. I think it would be hilarious to wear, but I don’t want to send the wrong message.
This one is more clear about being a spoof:
EDIT: Some alternative takes:
That’s the point. It highlights how the lack of hundreds of years of oppression and murder matter to how things are interpreted.
Assuming just because I’m white my ancestors haven’t experienced the same. Dude, read a book.