Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a National Football League team based in the Washington, D.C. area. Previously known as the Boston Braves, the team joined the NFL in 1932. The Redskins play at FedEx Field, located in Landover, Maryland in Prince George's County, Maryland, and is headquartered and trains in Ashburn, Virginia, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Racial controversy over name

There is considerable controversy over the team's name and logo. Some Native American groups have called for a new name, and some newspapers in the United States as well as some radio commentators have refused to call the team by their name, instead using such circumlocutions as "The Washington football team." Even long-time fan Gregg Easterbrook, writer of the popular "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" column on Slate, ESPN.com and now NFL.com opted not to use the name for a long period of time, preferring to call them the "Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons". However, many American Indians do not find the name offensive, and are supporters of the team. There have been similar complaints about the MLB teams Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves.

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Native American - Newspaper - United States - Gregg Easterbrook - Tuesday Morning Quarterback - MLB - Cleveland Indians - Atlanta Braves

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