Are these team names offensive: The Bethany College Swedes, the Edinboro University Fighting Scots, the Iona Gaels, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and the Sonoma State University Cossacks? How about the Idaho Vandals, the San Diego State Aztecs, and the Minnesota Vikings? What about brand names such as Jeep Cherokee and Dodge Dakota? Or Army helicopters such as the Apache Longbow, the Kiowa Warrior, the Comanche, and the Blackhawk?
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John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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