An open letter to Dan Snyder.
Mike Margolies's insight:
Dan Snider and the Washington NFL Franchise. I have decided that this is the way to refer to this team until they have a name change. We don't indiscriminately use the N word. People are better in my world not using derogatory terms for that are anti Nationality. Growing up this was not the case. Derogatory terms for Italians, Irish, Germans, Japanese and Chinese people were it seemed everyday on display. People don't understand the importance of words. I see it now. Tee Shirts saying Washington NFL Franchise with RGIII on the back. There's marketing for you. I wrote to Snider years ago. I figure we are of the same tribe, he and I, so he would get that he could make a statement that goes beyond $$. But he doesn't get it. This post is very good at pointing to the roots of the franchise. The name is rooted in hatred and bigotry. I would be good with celebrating Native American heritage in our nations capital. After all it was mostly there that we stripped people of their rights in the name of progress. We can't go back and make up for that. But we could stop using an outdated derogatory term of historical bigotry.