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“Washington Redskins owner Dan Synder said in a letter Monday that he’s done some soul-searching about the controversy over his team’s name, and he’s decided to keep it — but the team will be opening a fund for Native American communities to sponsor projects like giving out winter coats.”
– Huffington Post, Redskins Owner: Forget My Slurs, Here Are Some Coats!
“A major opponent of the nickname said Snyder’s move was “somewhere between a PR assault and bribery.” Suzan Shown Harjo, a lead figure in a long-running case that seeks to strip the Redskins of their federal trademark protection, told The Associated Press that Snyder is showing the “same arrogance” that he’s shown previously when defending the nickname.
“I’m glad that he’s had a realization that Native Americans have it tough in the United States,” Harjo said. “All sorts of people could have told him that, and have been trying to tell him that for a long time.”
Snyder again gave no indication he plans to change the team’s name. He said he believes “even more firmly” the name “captures the best of who we are and who we can be, by staying true to our history and honoring the deep and enduring values our name represents.”
Snyder has come under unprecedented pressure to change the name over the last year. President Barack Obama told the AP in October he would consider changing the name if he owned the team.
Harjo said the refusal to budge on the name will offset, at least in part, the good that is done with the foundation’s money.”
– Fox News, Redskins owner creates foundation to help Native Americans; activist compares it to ‘bribery’.
“Snyder is to be applauded for distributing 3,000 winter coats to several tribes and purchasing a backhoe so Native Americans dealing with a brutal Midwestern winter can bury their loved ones. So rather than lambaste his apparent refusal to consider changing what is obviously an offensive team nickname — it’s really not even worth debating anymore, is it? — I’d like to critique the charm offensive that is Snyder’s attempt to control the narrative.”
– Washington Business Journal, 6 ways Dan Snyder is fumbling the Redskins name narrative.
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