She could change it to Spunky Honky, no white person should be offended by that.
Squaw refers to Native women who were taken (stolen) out of the Native communities and forced to preform sexual acts on colonial men. This is what those men would call them when they were done with them.
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Heather Junkins
8 years ago
Squaw refers to Native women who were taken (stolen) out of the Native communities and forced to preform sexual acts on colonial men. This is what those men would call them when they were done with them.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
It's one thing to have not known what the term meant. We all lack insight and understanding of various things in this world, ignorance is about as human as it gets. But to be made aware and continue to perpetuate harm after being educated is a slap in the face. Willful ignorance is an aspect of racism, as is apathy, as is dismissing, as is fragility. When we know better, we do better.
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Leanne
8 years ago
Change the name
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Jean Hoag
8 years ago
She needs to change the name of her store!!! I have many native women as friends. This is degrading to them.
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Heather Junkins
8 years ago
Squaw refers to Native women who were taken (stolen) out of the Native communities and forced to preform sexual acts on colonial men.
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Jordan Rosenfeld
8 years ago
Native women are abused, murdered, disenfranchised and worse. Please consider a non-harmful name change.
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Heather Junkins
8 years ago
Squaw refers to Native women who were taken (stolen) out of the Native communities and forced to preform sexual acts on colonial men.
She could change the name to Spunky Honky, that shouldn't offend any white people.
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Patricia England
8 years ago
Hard to believe this woman is college educated. Major ignorance. Has to be generational bigotry coming from her father. I hope her mother has more sense....
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Lori Ahenakew
8 years ago
Change the name!! This is absolute disrespect to our Native women!! Did she seriously name it that and not think there would be problems?? Wow....please change the name.
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Andrew Dana
8 years ago
The English word Squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, historically used for Indigenous North American women.Contemporary use of the term, especially by non-Natives, is considered offensive, derogatory, misogynist and racist.
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Christine de Nobrega
8 years ago
Inconceivable.
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Vanda Wrede
8 years ago
Absolutely disgraceful
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Please stop disrespecting women..
Women need to be unified not separated by racism or anything else. When we say this name is vulgar it is because we know that by living the life of being exposed to it. It is a non- native word derived from the native word ending of squa which denotes female gender..the only difference between male and female is the genitalia.. it is to describe the vagina.
If you must call your business by the name at least use engilsh word Spunky Vagina should be fine ..we would have no problem with that.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
This is offensive and I'd like to never see that word used any more.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Disrespectful and disgusting!
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Nikki Chau
8 years ago
This is not ok.
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Luut Sixma
8 years ago
Even in the Netherlands we are aware of the real nature of yhe word 《squaw》. Do everybody right and change your name.
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Raven Reid
8 years ago
CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS NAME.
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Allison Yellowknee
8 years ago
Change the name. It’s offensive and racist !
If she wanted to portray indigenous women in a positive light she could have consulted with an indigenous elder for an appropriate name! Like “warrior woman clothing” or something !
She could change it to Spunky Honky, no white person should be offended by that. Squaw refers to Native women who were taken (stolen) out of the Native communities and forced to preform sexual acts on colonial men. This is what those men would call them when they were done with them.
Squaw refers to Native women who were taken (stolen) out of the Native communities and forced to preform sexual acts on colonial men. This is what those men would call them when they were done with them.
It's one thing to have not known what the term meant. We all lack insight and understanding of various things in this world, ignorance is about as human as it gets. But to be made aware and continue to perpetuate harm after being educated is a slap in the face. Willful ignorance is an aspect of racism, as is apathy, as is dismissing, as is fragility. When we know better, we do better.
Change the name
She needs to change the name of her store!!! I have many native women as friends. This is degrading to them.
Squaw refers to Native women who were taken (stolen) out of the Native communities and forced to preform sexual acts on colonial men.
Native women are abused, murdered, disenfranchised and worse. Please consider a non-harmful name change.
Squaw refers to Native women who were taken (stolen) out of the Native communities and forced to preform sexual acts on colonial men. She could change the name to Spunky Honky, that shouldn't offend any white people.
Hard to believe this woman is college educated. Major ignorance. Has to be generational bigotry coming from her father. I hope her mother has more sense....
Change the name!! This is absolute disrespect to our Native women!! Did she seriously name it that and not think there would be problems?? Wow....please change the name.
The English word Squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, historically used for Indigenous North American women.Contemporary use of the term, especially by non-Natives, is considered offensive, derogatory, misogynist and racist.
Inconceivable.
Absolutely disgraceful
Please stop disrespecting women.. Women need to be unified not separated by racism or anything else. When we say this name is vulgar it is because we know that by living the life of being exposed to it. It is a non- native word derived from the native word ending of squa which denotes female gender..the only difference between male and female is the genitalia.. it is to describe the vagina. If you must call your business by the name at least use engilsh word Spunky Vagina should be fine ..we would have no problem with that.
This is offensive and I'd like to never see that word used any more.
Disrespectful and disgusting!
This is not ok.
Even in the Netherlands we are aware of the real nature of yhe word 《squaw》. Do everybody right and change your name.
CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS NAME.
Change the name. It’s offensive and racist ! If she wanted to portray indigenous women in a positive light she could have consulted with an indigenous elder for an appropriate name! Like “warrior woman clothing” or something !