Column: Team owner needs to get rid of offensive Redskins mascot
Monday, February 7, 2011
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"Psst, Dan Snyder, ready to kick some behind? Want to get even with the jerks who say all you care about is money and not building a winning football franchise? Then huddle up, buddy. Let's put some points on the board.
On the next play, hurl that offensive "Redskins" name out of bounds the way a quarterback would to keep from being sacked.
Bench the faux Indian mascot, while you're at it.
That's how you attack the use of disparaging images. Don't complain about your ox being gored when there's money to be made, then keep silent about wrongs done to others if money might be lost. Putting profit before principle - that'll grow horns on anybody, Dan.
In an interview on WJFK (106.7 FM) the other day with Washington Post columnist and radio host Mike Wise, you said, "The name [Redskins] is not meant to be offensive whatsoever. To compare that [to the illustration] is silly."
Dan, every major Native American organization in the country supports the lawsuits that have been filed against your team seeking revocation of that racist trademark. Thousands of public schools and colleges throughout the country have stopped using Native American images as sports mascots."
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(The Washington Post 2/7)
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