(NNPA)—Well, the season has begun and with it another round of calls for the Washington football team to rid itself of its insulting and racist name. What was, only a few years ago, a shout in the wilderness that was largely ignored except by Native Americans and some of their allies, has now become something of a clarion call which has entered the mainstream. The Washington Post, to the fury of some of its readers, decided to take the symbolic though significant step of ceasing to refer to the Washington football team by their official name on their editorial page. This action has been one of many that seem to be sweeping the scene.
Despite these repeated calls for a name change, including an implicit call by President Obama, Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Washington football franchise, refuses to budge. Under other circumstances his actions would actually be quite hilarious. He has done virtually everything imaginable in order to convince the public—but probably to convince himself—that there is absolutely nothing insulting, racist, etc., about the name of his team. The problem is that his actions are simply not working.
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