Washington DC Mayor Says Redskins Name Is Racest & Should Change Name

[Stress Welker]

It's damn time the Washington Redskins changed its racist name ... at least if the team ever plans to move inside D.C. city limits -- so says District mayor Vincent Gray.

Now that the Redskins are winning again, there's been a lot of talk about bringing the team back to D.C. -- instead of leaving them in nearby FedEx Field, located in Maryland.

But Mayor Gray has some conditions before the Redskins move a muscle -- claiming, “I think that if they get serious with the team coming back to Washington, there’s no doubt there’s going to have to be a discussion about [changing the team name]."

Gray added, “I think it has become a lightning rod, and I would love to be able to sit down with the team … and see if a change should be made. There’s a precedent for this, and I think there needs to be a dispassionate discussion about this, and do the right thing.”

Coli, your thoughts?

 

[sm0ke]

I hate to change tradition like that, but yeah, the name is pretty offensive and I could see how a Native would see it as a slap in the face. Change the name.

 

[Constellations]

yeah its racist af. its like if the raiders were called the oakland c00ns

at the same time tho, redskins doesnt have the same bite cuz its not used in a derogatory manner anymore

 

[Carlos Huerta]

LOL @ "lightning rod". The team has been named the Redskins for like 80 years now. Fukk it. Leave it alone.

 

[jadillac]

Is the tobacco Red Man gonna change it's name?

How bout they just draft a bunch of light skinned players and call themselves the Redbones

 

[Clem]

They need to change the name.

 

[Goatpoacher]

I suggest the Washington Drug Mules.

 

[Bay Area]

Props to DC for having some common sense. I would be pissed if there was a team called the blackfaces or something. The people saying "don't change it, they have had that name too long" are ignorant. Time passes doesn't make something any less degrading.

 

[TrapHouse Rock]

i been a washington fan since i was 5, and as much as i got memories of these colors and this logo and wouldn't want it to change for selfish reasons, you should indeed change the name



a new start, a new era and hopefully with a healthy young quarterback

 

[superunknown23]

this controversy pops up a couple times every decade..

 

[Brown Ant]

: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

In short, the mayor is ignorant of the definition of "racist."

 

[Box Cutta]

It's racist.

I personally think that all them institutions named after Native Americans need to change.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

it is though

 

[Regular_P]

Racest, racest, racest...?

 

[...and some waffle fries]

Yeah its racist its equivalent to having blackskins with a sambo face