And this is supposed to make his team’s name okay???
Dan Snyder, aka the owner of the Washington Redskins, refuses to change his team’s offensive name, even after their trademark was pulled!
As if to prove that everything is fine, and that his moniker isn’t offensive, he had Navajo Nation president Ben Shelly sit next to him in the owner’s box on Sunday (above). Does that change anything?
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And Shelly was even wearing a Redskins hat too!
The odd part is that the Navajo Nation voted 9-2 against using the name ├óΓé¼╦£Redskins,’ so there seems to be some kind of disconnect.
In fact, Indian Country Today stated:
“It is unfortunate the Navajo Nation administration of Ben Shelly is so out of step with the Navajo people, particularly the young people, regarding this issue. Obviously, offensive cultural appropriation done by non-Native fans of Native Mascots does not generally include Navajo culture. We do not see them performing Sand Paintings at halftime or dressed like Yeii, but we should understand that most Americans are unable to differentiate between tribes enough to understand that and that Navajo children, two-thirds of whom live off the reservation, are subjected to these ignorant ideas about who they are as Native Americans.”
We’re going to have to side with the makers of that statement, because we still can’t figure out what’s going on in Snyder’s mind!
[Image via Ape-O-Lantern/Twitter.]
