Recently, the US Patent office revoked some of the patents owned by the Washington Redskins because their name was offensive to Native Americans.
This follows on from a long campaign against the american football team to change their name because it is incredibly racist. Earlier this year the National Congress of American Indians launched a new advert to bring the point home.
Of course, it is not really like the point needs to be brought home. It’s obvious. There is simply no way this can be viewed as anything but offensive:
For example, what happens when you take out one derogatory term for a group of people and put another one in:
As if anyone would stand for that! It’s time for a name change.
What should they change it to? I’m angling for the Washington Filibusterers.
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Tags: nfl, racism, redskins, sport, washington
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