Washington Redskins reviewing name after advertiser pressure

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11 Jul 2020, 4:04 pm

Here's a link to a video from a discussion the other day about this (and other related issues). I thought it was pretty good. Facebook is the only place I know of to find the video. Discussion starts at about 14:20

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11 Jul 2020, 5:37 pm

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You wouldnt name a team "the Autistics" because it would be offensive regardless of the intent. But someone MIGHT want to salute autistic folks anyway.

I disagree. If you are going to pay homage to autistics why limit yourself to one Autistic?

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11 Jul 2020, 9:29 pm

Here is a much shorter interview about it.

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11 Jul 2020, 11:06 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

You wouldnt name a team "the Autistics" because it would be offensive regardless of the intent. But someone MIGHT want to salute autistic folks anyway.

I disagree. If you are going to pay homage to autistics why limit yourself to one Autistic?

I do not understand what you are asking.

Are you saying that if the NFL named a team "The Anytown USA Autistics" you would be okay with that?

That would be a rather strange name to say the least, even if it were not down right offensive to most folks (autistic, and otherwise).

Seriously...please walk me through what the heck you're talking about.

My point was that you could in theory honor autistics via team names, but it has to be in a more indirect way than just naming a team "the Autistics" (which surely you agree would be an asinine thing to do). And one way would be to name a team after a famous person who was known to be autistic.

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12 Jul 2020, 4:02 am

naturalplastic wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

You wouldnt name a team "the Autistics" because it would be offensive regardless of the intent. But someone MIGHT want to salute autistic folks anyway.

I disagree. If you are going to pay homage to autistics why limit yourself to one Autistic?

If it was done as a homage I would be happy about that. You could name the stadium after a prominent autistic and have plaques and special nights honoring specific autistics. You could have the acceptance symbol on the team uniforms. This way you honor both specific autistics and autistics as a group instead of one person.

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12 Jul 2020, 9:36 pm

Report: Redskins expected to make a name change in the next 24 hours

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he Washington Redskins could have a new name in the next 24 hours.

Senior NFL reporter for Yahoo Charles Robinson reportedly told ESPN Radio’s Dallas-Fort Worth station that "Washington is about to have a new name in the next 24 to 48 hours" on Saturday.

The team name is widely held to be a racist slur against Native Americans and FedEx first asked for the name change in early July.

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12 Jul 2020, 10:18 pm

This just in, the Washington Redskins have made their mascot a peanut. They're no longer the Washington Racial Slurs, they're just the Redskins.

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13 Jul 2020, 2:11 pm

NFL's Washington Redskins will change name and logo, team says

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The National Football League's Washington franchise will change the Redskins name and logo, the team announced Monday.

The new name was not revealed.

The announcement comes just days after the team said that a "thorough review" of the name would be conducted. The name has long been denounced by Native American groups as an ethnic slur.

"That review has begun in earnest," the team's statement said. "As part of this process, we want to keep our sponsors, fans and community apprised of our thinking as we go forward. Today, we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review."

Rivera told The Washington Post in an interview he was working with Snyder on a name that would honor both the military and Native Americans.