Washington Post Bans 'Redskins' From Editorials

[Anathema]

Might not be an issue in a couple weeks. This team might not exist much longer if they don't pull their heads out of their collective asses.

 

[Lakhota]

Thousands Protest 'Redskins' Name In Minneapolis Before NFL Game

Thousands of people rallied outside TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sunday to protest the Washington professional football team's controversial "Redskins" nickname. In what the Washington Post's Mike Wise called the "largest ever physical gathering against" the name, approximately 5,000 people marched from the University of Minnesota campus to the stadium voicing desire to have it changed.

More (w/video & pictures): Thousands Protest Redskins Name In Minneapolis Before NFL Game

The movement is growing.

SmarterThanTheAverageBear

 

[Lakhota]

School District Drops Redskins Mascot After Rivals Boycott Games

LANCASTER, N.Y. (AP) -- A western New York school district will do away with its Redskins mascot and nickname after other districts in the region turned up the pressure by boycotting games because of it.

The Lancaster Central School Board voted to retire the longtime symbol Monday during a special session called after three districts with sizeable numbers of Native American students canceled lacrosse matches.

The term Redskins is considered by many to be a racial slur against Native Americans.

More: School District Drops Redskins Mascot After Rivals Boycott Games

Slow progress is better than no progress.

 

[bripat9643]

School District Drops Redskins Mascot After Rivals Boycott Games

LANCASTER, N.Y. (AP) -- A western New York school district will do away with its Redskins mascot and nickname after other districts in the region turned up the pressure by boycotting games because of it.

The Lancaster Central School Board voted to retire the longtime symbol Monday during a special session called after three districts with sizeable numbers of Native American students canceled lacrosse matches.

The term Redskins is considered by many to be a racial slur against Native Americans.

More: School District Drops Redskins Mascot After Rivals Boycott Games

Slow progress is better than no progress.

Government schools. What more do you need to say?

 

[ScienceRocks]

let the butthurt flow!

 

[Lakhota]

8 Schools That Have Dropped The 'Redskins' Name

More good news.

 

[Mac1958]

As we know, banning words, punishing people who use them and intimidating others from using them is clearly the best way to open true and honest conversation and improve relations between people.



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[RoshawnMarkwees]

8 Schools That Have Dropped The 'Redskins' Name

More good news.

Celebrate speech-stifling and the forcing of closeminded single views.
Nazi.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

The Washington Savages has a nice ring to it...Same logo of course.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

The Washington Savages has a nice ring to it...Same logo of course.

Savages would be appropriate.