USA Today published a powerful piece discussing the very real problem of racism in professional sports. This article is a must-read for anyone following the Donald Sterling situation and/or the calls upon the Washington NFL team to change its name. Bell: Stubborn NFL needs to hear NBA’s...
Read moreFor those who have been on the fence on about the ethical and moral problems with the name of Washington’s NFL team, this powerful piece provides a clear explanation of why this issue is so important. Let’s hear it for the Washington Slurs BY LEONARD...
Read moreThe Washington NFL team recently announced that it was launching a new foundation to address the plight of Native Americans in Indian Country. Below are links to some noteworthy news items from last week on the topic. Many more can be found in the News Section of...
Read moreNPR Ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos has published a detailed and powerful article on the ethical and moral challenges of reporting on the Washington NFL team, given their current name and mascot. The piece mentions numerous publications which have refused to use the team’s R-word name, and...
Read moreOneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter, leader of the Change the Mascot campaign, has been invited to meet today with officials from the United Nations to discuss the racially insensitive name of Washington’s NFL team. The meeting is the latest in a series of remarkable developments...
Read moreThe Boston Globe published an editorial this weekend stating that the time has come for the Washington NFL team to change its racist name. Citing the recent calls for change led by the Oneida Indian Nation’s Change the Mascot campaign, the piece calls for a clean break that...
Read moreThe Oneida Indian Nation, leader of the Change the Mascot campaign, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s rejection of a trademark request using “Redskins.” Decision to Reject “Redskins” as Derogatory by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Lauded by Oneida...
Read moreIn an extraordinary editorial, The Washington Post this weekend called again for its hometown team the Washington Redskins to change their offensive name. The opinion piece outlined a litany of frustrations for the team this past season before asking: “What better time, then, for a jump-start...
Read moreA compelling op-ed by Oneida Indian Nation Representative and leader of the Change the Mascot campaign Ray Halbritter was published in The Washington Post this week. In the piece, Halbritter notes the progress made during the 2013 NFL season in the movement to change the offensive name...
Read moreAn op-ed from Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter was published recently in Washington Jewish Week. The piece discusses the role that the Jewish community can play in helping change the racist name of Washington’s NFL team. Check out the full article below: Jews’ role...
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