Post by peterd on Mar 5, 2013 2:43:31 GMT -8
Lewis, Holmes Norton urge Washington Redskins to change team name
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) are urging the Washington Redskins to seriously consider changing the team’s name.
Lewis, a civil-rights hero, told The Hill that “we have to be sensitive” to the concerns that the name is offensive to some people. He said the NFL team “should consider” a name change, pointing out that he has been asked similar questions about the Atlanta Braves’s “Tomahawk Chop,” which has attracted criticism from Native American groups.
thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/286139-lewis-holmes-norton-urge-washington-redskins-to-change-team-name-
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May be change their name to Washington Sequesters.
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) are urging the Washington Redskins to seriously consider changing the team’s name.
Lewis, a civil-rights hero, told The Hill that “we have to be sensitive” to the concerns that the name is offensive to some people. He said the NFL team “should consider” a name change, pointing out that he has been asked similar questions about the Atlanta Braves’s “Tomahawk Chop,” which has attracted criticism from Native American groups.
thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/286139-lewis-holmes-norton-urge-washington-redskins-to-change-team-name-
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May be change their name to Washington Sequesters.
