What’s In A (Ethnic) Name?
While the nation dangles one foot over the fiscal cliff and while most of the federal government remains shut down, the epicenter of American politics has yet another crisis to confront – the name of its football team. I
knew the controversy swirling around the name of the National Football League Redskins had reached crisis proportions when Lanny Davis, the slightly oily adviser to those in trouble, started issuing statements on behalf of the mostly tone deaf Redskins’ owner. Davis, you may remember, advised Bill Clinton in the Monica days and more recently helped out a charming fellow named
Laurent Gbagbo
who, before he was forced from power to face charges of torturing his political enemies, was quaintly described as the Ivory Coast’s strongman. Davis
told the
New York Times
in 2010 “controversy is what I do for a living.” Welcome to the Redskins’ beat/
Marc Johnson
, The Johnson Report.
More here.
Question: I don’t think it’s politically correct to think “Redskins” is over the top. Time for Washington franchise to kick it to the curb. What do you think?
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