Quote Originally Posted by OLJWales View Post
good post and it has iron. Our cavalry back in the day used the term and you are correct as to the reason they used it. Back in the 50's, Dwight E formed "Operation Wet Back" to tackle the border. The last thing I would do if I met an Indian would be to call him a redskin. But The Redskins had become so ingrained into the casual football fan's mind, nobody ever gave it much thought until white virtue signalers decided to go woke and threaten bidnesses with boycots and law suits. Before that, there were no public protests or what not. Shouldn't go 'round trying to fix what ain't broke hiding under the false banner of oppression.
I definitely remember the name being discussed in the 90s, but no enough people really cared about what Indian/Native American activists thought until the 10s really.

It's definitely false that "nobody gave it much thought," just not as many decades ago as do now.