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In anticipation of Thursday's Vikings game, a classmate of 7-year-old Roman Vizenor at Hale School in Minneapolis drew the Washington Redskins' logo during class. Roman, whose mother, Lynette, is enrolled in the Oneida Nation, explained to the student why he opposed the word "redskin" as a Native American: "The name 'Redskins' hurts," 

"The word 'redskin' has had negative racial connotations since the 19th century and is known to many Native Americans as 

"We will never change the name of the team," team owner Dan Snyder told 

. "As a lifelong Redskins fan, and I think that the Redskins fans understand the great tradition and what it's all about and what it means, so we feel pretty fortunate to be just working on next season."

Today's Question: Should the Redskins change their name?

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In anticipation of Thursday’s Vikings game, a classmate of 7-year-old Roman Vizenor at Hale School in Minneapolis drew the Washington Redskins’ logo during class. Roman, whose mother, Lynette, is enrolled in the Oneida Nation, explained to the student why he opposed the word “redskin” as a Native American: “The name ‘Redskins’ hurts,” writes MPR News 

In anticipation of Thursday’s Vikings game, a classmate of 7-year-old Roman Vizenor at Hale School in Minneapolis drew the Washington Redskins’ logo during class. Roman, whose mother, Lynette, is enrolled in the Oneida Nation, explained to the student why he opposed the word “redskin” as a Native American: “The name ‘Redskins’ hurts,” writes MPR News Read more →


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