Chalk up another blow to Dan Snyder and his controversial team name, this one coming via the Washington Post. The editorial board of the most widely circulated paper in Washington, D.C. published a statement on Friday announcing it will no longer use the name "Redskins" while covering the local pro football team.
Washington Post editorials will no longer use ‘Redskins’
The editorial board of the Post became the latest group to take a stand against the controversial name of Washington’s pro football team.
Ezra Shaw
The policy is not publication-wide -- it is only being adopted by the editorials group. Sports and news reporters will continue to use the name.
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“The matter seems clearer to us now than ever, and while we wait for the National Football League to catch up with thoughtful opinion and common decency, we have decided that, except when it is essential for clarity or effect, we will no longer use the slur ourselves,” the statement reads. “That’s the standard we apply to all offensive vocabulary, and the team name unquestionably offends not only many Native Americans but many other Americans, too.”
The statement says it does not intend to impose the policy on its audience, and that readers who wish to use the name in letters to the editor will be allowed to do so.
The editorial board went on to commend former NFL referee Mike Carey, who, as revealed by the Post earlier this week, quietly avoided working Washington games over the final eight years of his career because of the “disrespectful” moniker.
The Post’s announcement and the Carey revelation are the latest in a wave of public outcry over the nickname. Despite the uproar, Snyder and the franchise brass have said they have no plans of changing the name.
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