WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The woman at the center of a legal fight to have the Washington Redskins NFL team change its name equated the moniker with the Confederate battle flag on Thursday, saying both are overt symbols of racism that have no place in U.S. society.
Amanda Blackhorse, a member of the Navajo nation and lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to revoke trademark protection for the term "Washington Redskins," said the name and the flag were "both offensive."
"People are beginning to understand what symbols mean, what flags mean, what names mean, and it's a time for change," she told Reuters in an interview.