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It's nothing bad, just a picture of somebody with a gak-eating grin like the caricatures.

 d-usa wrote:
It's nothing bad, just a picture of somebody with a gak-eating grin like the caricatures.

I know that, but is it someone/something famous?

 Cheesecat wrote:
What is his avatar supposed to be?

Our inner child, looking deeply into the future with wonder and joy.

But seriously, it's racist as feth. End of.

 d-usa wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

These guys, next to your avatar....kind of disturbing

Wow, I thought the Redskins were using the Indians logo having looked up the actual Redskins logo it's not that bad imo (no worse than the black hawks) but still the name "redskins" feels kind of racist to me.

 Cheesecat wrote:
but still the name "redskins" feels kind of racist to me.

That's because it is racist.

feeder wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:
but still the name "redskins" feels kind of racist to me.

That's because it is racist.

Yep.

Sorry, to necro the thread but here are some examples of sports teams that use native imagery in a way that I think would be appropriate.