On Washington Redskins’ name, it’s time the grown-ups talk sense into Daniel Snyder
If you’ve long suspected that football is not a measure of intellect, the proof is currently posted for all to see on the Washington Redskins Web site. A series of prominently displayed pseudo-articles defend the club’s use of a racial slur as a mascot on the grounds that lots of high schools are nicknamed “Redskins” too — so it must be okay. Which we can only take to mean that pretty soon owner Daniel Snyder will be skipping class to build a potato gun.
It would be nice if the NFL franchise in the nation’s capital were an example for all the land. But apparently Snyder takes his example from 10th graders. A couple of days ago, the club launched a campaign to defuse the pressure Snyder is under to change the team name by declaring that “70 different high schools in 25 states are known as the Redskins,” and therefore it’s surely an honorable word. What’s more, “Redskins.com found that there are almost as many schools using the name Redskins as Cowboys.” Oooh! And after school, for fun we’ll shoot BB guns at road signs!
On Tuesday, a new entry appeared, in which a high school athletic director from Oklahoma proclaimed that, “No one has ever been dishonored at our school with that Redskins nickname.” Though he himself was admittedly not American Indian, he said he had consulted one.
He also confessed that he wasn’t sure his students “know the whole history behind the nickname ‘Redskins.’?”
No, they probably don’t know. Given that the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress found that only 12 percent of high school seniors were proficient in American history. And only 2 percent were able to identify the social problem addressed by the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
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They could change their logo.....
And call their cheerleaders the "Sour Cream and Chives!"
has a "death grip" on this franchise, and nothing will change until he's out - one way or another.
I've seen pictures of him, and he is repulsive. A Napoleonic complex with a stink-eye for anybody who's taller than him.
You're aware, I think? that an original verse in "Hail to the Redskins" was "Fight for old Dixie"
(now "Fight for old DC"
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