Re: Wondering when the..
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Redskins is a racial slur, Chiefs and Braves is not.
Not sure if your aware or not but George Preston Marshall, the original owner of the Redskins and the one that gave them their name was a supporter of racial segregation. And was last NFL owner to have a African American on the roster (1962) and he only did that because the federal government threatened to block the Redskins use of D.C. Stadium, which was owned buy the government. The changing of their name is 50 years overdue.
On a side note does this happen to anyone else? Every time I see the new logo if flashes in my mind as WTF not WFT.
Not sure if your aware or not but George Preston Marshall, the original owner of the Redskins and the one that gave them their name was a supporter of racial segregation. And was last NFL owner to have a African American on the roster (1962) and he only did that because the federal government threatened to block the Redskins use of D.C. Stadium, which was owned buy the government. The changing of their name is 50 years overdue.
On a side note does this happen to anyone else? Every time I see the new logo if flashes in my mind as WTF not WFT.
