Ep. 42 – An Equal Opportunity Skewering of Racially Insensitive, Politically Incorrect, Historically Misleading Sports Team Names
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English - January 18, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBDocumentary Society & Culture drew zagorski you don't say Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There’s plenty of ugliness to find in a team’s name if you look hard enough and want to see it. This week I’m sharing my own thoughts on the sports team renaming controversy, starting with the Redskins. To my reading of history, there are plenty of team names, that when you dig into them, are out of bounds when it comes to political correctness. So there’s that and my ideas on new team names.
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New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name (article requires subscription) - May 2016 Debate on Racism Renews Calls for Redskins to Change Name - University of Michigan - June 2020 Unpacking the Mascot Debate: Native American Identification Predicts Opposition to Native Mascots - University of Michigan - February 2020This Episode Sponsored by: Constant Contact - LeftBrainRightBrain Marketing
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