R-word news: Wash Post editorial board will no longer use R-word

[wv]

I forget if we are putting these here,
or the other board…

People are slowly waking up.
Its only a matter of time.
It takes time. Just like
with the Michael Sam thing.
Takes time, but the trajectory
is pretty obvious.

w
v

http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/08/22/washington-post-no-longer-use-redskins

The Washington Post editorial board announced Friday that it will no longer use “Redskins” in reference to Washington, D.C.’s NFL team.

In explaining its decision, the Post’s board wrote that it was impressed by the “quiet dignity” of longtime NFL referee Mike Carey, who recently retired after 19 seasons. Carey said this week that he purposely began avoiding working Washington games in 2006 due to his opposition to the nickname.

The debate surrounding the “Redskins” name has grown increasingly stronger over the past year as more Native American groups, media members and politicians have begun speaking out against what they see as inappropriate use of a racist, offensive term.

“We don’t believe that fans who are attached to the name have racist feeling or intent, any more than does Mr. Snyder. But the fact remains: The word is insulting. You would not dream of calling anyone a “redskin” to his or her face. You wouldn’t let your son or daughter use it about a person, even within the privacy of your home. As Post columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote on the opposite page last year, “I wouldn’t want to use a word that defines a people — living or dead, offended or not — in a most demeaning way.”

The new stance does not apply to other sections of the paper.

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• This topic was modified 10 years, 4 months ago by wv.
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[rfl]

It’s just a matter of time, Man.

I’ll bet fewer than 5 years.

By virtue of the absurd ...

[zn]

wv wrote:

I forget if we are putting these here,
or the other board…

That went back and forth. The board voted to move them to the (equivalent of the) politics/Public House) board, then when the issue came up again, the mods voted again but we never finished the vote before the board just up and transformed into a new one. (“What? Hunh? Oh.”)

People should chime in. Is this a “Public House” social issues kind of thread, or a football board issue. Does the old board vote count, or are we starting over.

I will let the other 3 mods decide without me–I will just be the “discussion chair who doesn’t vote” kinda guy. I don’t even get a gavel. If Mack munches potato chips all through the discussion again, I can’t do anything about it.

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• This reply was modified 10 years, 4 months ago by zn.

[wv]

rfl wrote:

It’s just a matter of time, Man.

I’ll bet fewer than 5 years.

Yeah, i edited my post to say that,
before i read your reply.
Indeed.
Took ‘me’ a while to wake up to the
meaning of the word. I was oblivious
for a long time. Just didnt
think about it.

w
v

[zn]

As promised the moderators conferred on this and their vote was, keep it here, unless it turns out people object. (Actually it amounts to this–it’s up to the poster on this topic. Post it in either forum, your call.)

I would just add (and this comes spontaneously just from me) that with a potentially controversial topic like this, it’s better to keep adding to a single thread (until it drops back a couple pages) than it is to proliferate threads on it.

Now back to the annoying “touchdown Seattle!” sound that keeps coming from my NFL pre-season feed.

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