Can’t use “Washington” either.
West Coast Weasels
Right, he had slaves in an era of slavery the world over. Damn him and his cherry tree.
On the Redskins’ name, it’s corporate America and the liberal media against Native Americans
Washington Examiner ^ | 7/3/20 | Timothy P. Carney
Posted on 7/3/2020, 3:36:47 PM by Renkluaf
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3861716/posts
Would you be surprised if multinational corporations and wealthy, powerful, mostly white commentators in New York and D.C. got their way over the will of Native Americans on an issue that is mostly about Native Americans?
I wouldn’t be. In other words, I won’t be surprised if our wokeness-obsessed corporate titans combine with our ever-leftward-lurching media to strip the Washington Redskins of their name — despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of Native Americans are not offended by it.
FedEx, the named sponsor of the stadium where the Redskins play, demanded that the team change its name. Nike won’t sell Redskins gear from its team store. Pepsi is on the game too. And the major media are cheering this all on.
This is a good time to remind the world that Native Americans largely disagree with corporate America and the elite media on this issue. The most thorough poll of Native American sentiment in the past decade found that 90% of Native Americans didn’t find the team name racist. Only 9% found it offensive.