ICYMI: The debate over whether the Washington #Redskins should change its name has been even more heightened. (1/6) @wusa9
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MORE: Sports teams across the District are reading the room and stepping up in support of Black Lives Matter.
But in the case of the Redskins, that call for support is undermined by the team's name and its racist associations. (2/6) @wusa9
But in the case of the Redskins, that call for support is undermined by the team's name and its racist associations. (2/6) @wusa9
ALSO: One particular call for a rename drawing attention came in the form of a @Reddit post, suggesting an appropriate swap out would be to rename the Redskins the Washington Redtails. @wusa9 (3/6)
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MORE: A Reddit user posted an alternative logo design and team name for the Washington Redskins last week – and the conversation has gotten a lot of attention. (see the image in the previous tweet) (4/6)
The Redtails, historians say, were a unit of Black fighter pilots in WWII – back when the military was still segregated. The Redtails, or The Tuskegee Airmen, is the nickname of the first Black unit to fly combat airplanes during WWII. (5/6)
📸: @AP
📸: @AP
MORE: While many on @Reddit offered other alternatives to the Redskins' nickname – for years, people have pointed out that the mascot is a racist reference to Native Americans – few challenged the idea that it should remain the same. @wusa9 (6/6)
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