When my daughter was five, about 10 years ago, she joined a soccer team in the very white liberal enclave of Noe Valley in San Francisco. The team was called The Rebels. I thought nothing of it until I became the head coach a year later. All of a sudden something about the name rubbed me the wrong way and I changed it to The Bull Dogs. I actually felt slightly embarrassed by the whole incident at the time, explaining the change to the other parents. Nobody seemed enthusiastic about my decision and I wound up feeling like I’d made a big deal out of nothing. Thank you for this post.