As a lifelong 'Skins fan, having followed the team from the days of my first grade lunch table debating the intricacies why NUMBER 44 was the most kick ass running back to the Tony Kornheiser "Bandwagon" years and beyond, I say HELL YES IT IS RACIST.
I still pull for the team. I watch them every week. We're on a roll (finally, it's been a while). But I haven't purchased a ticket to a game nor bought any team merchandise since I was in grade school...specifically because I decided a long time ago that this was a no-brainier.
But why, when you have a PERFECTLY GOOD NEW NICKNAME ("The Hogs") that both retains the team identity and cleverly pokes fun at the politics of the city, why is the team so defiant about this blatantly slanderous word, "Redskin"?
I still pull for the team. I watch them every week. We're on a roll (finally, it's been a while). But I haven't purchased a ticket to a game nor bought any team merchandise since I was in grade school...specifically because I decided a long time ago that this was a no-brainier.
But why, when you have a PERFECTLY GOOD NEW NICKNAME ("The Hogs") that both retains the team identity and cleverly pokes fun at the politics of the city, why is the team so defiant about this blatantly slanderous word, "Redskin"?
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