http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/d-c-officials-want-redskins-back-but-what-about-that-name/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/d-c-officials-want-redskins-back-but-what-about-that-name/#comment-1307 Redesuwilliams Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:07:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=14502#comment-1307 I've been saying for the past 7 years that the Redskins won't be successful again until they change that name. So far, so bad. I’ve been saying for the past 7 years that the Redskins won’t be successful again until they change that name. So far, so bad.

]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/d-c-officials-want-redskins-back-but-what-about-that-name/#comment-1303 M. Heisel Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:22:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=14502#comment-1303 It is imperative that more people complain about the name of this football team.  People would be appalled if it were called the Washington Black Skins or worse the Washington N*****s.  The term "redskin" has the same kind of connotation for Native Americans, and I just cannot understand why nearly everyone just accepts it without question.  It is horribly insensitive. It is imperative that more people complain about the name of this football team.  People would be appalled if it were called the Washington Black Skins or worse the Washington N*****s.  The term “redskin” has the same kind of connotation for Native Americans, and I just cannot understand why nearly everyone just accepts it without question.  It is horribly insensitive.

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