I believe the Washington Redskins will end up changing their name because in todays day & age people are very very sensitive about race, and 'redskins' is in a sense innapropriate, the same as calling an Asian person Yellow & so on so forth. I believe to further be acceptable the Washington Redskins will change their name in the near future with enough complaints.
Yes, to avoid confusion while retaining the Indian imagery of the team. Calling someone "redskin" I would think would be seen as racist so its best to change their name <u>to avoid conflict and offending people with the sensitive topic of race</u>.
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