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BrockManly · 3814 days ago · link · · parent · post: A "Redskin" Is The Scalp Of A Native American, Sold Like A Pelt For Cash
Except nowhere in the proclamation is the word "redskins" used. I'm not trying to defend the name ( I couldn't care less), but people are literally making shit up to justify it being a slur. http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/11/13/redskins-not-so-black-and-white
Oh, god, that article's a headache to read. At the bottom of this one in Esquire there's a rebuttal about people who dispute the term's etymology - not sure if you saw it - here So while the term's not used in the Phips proclamation it is historically used within that context elsewhere; doesn't seem like people are making that shit up.