Carbone: Washington Redskins’ Name Insults Every Native American
Saturday, November 16, 2013
The Oneida Indian Nation finds the name “Washington Redskins” offensive, and wants the team to change its moniker. Daniel Snyder, the man who owns the team, says, "We'll never change the name. It's that simple. NEVER -- you can use caps." An Associated Press poll taken in April found that most Americans, 79 percent, agree with Snyder. I appeal to those 79 percent to reconsider. The logo of the Washington Redskins is a cynosure of the silencing of an American Holocaust; it erases from history one of America’s gravest wrongs. It not only insults Indians, it also sells all Americans short by erasing from history some of this land’s greatest contributions to civilization.
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