In today's Redskins news update, a major church in the Washington D.C. area has officially begun a boycott of the Washington Redskins until they decided to change the team's nickname.
According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, "The Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ passed a resolution on Saturday urging it’s 40,000 members from 180 congregations to boycott games and to not wear, display, or purchase any items bearing the logo of the Washington NFL team until its name changes."
The resolution also implores the NFL to examine any and all images, names, and mascots which could be deemed as culturally and racially insensitive to Native Americans.
“I hope this debate will continue to draw attention to an unhealed wound in our cultural fabric,” Rev. Dr. John Deckenback, conference minister of the Central Atlantic Conference, stated in a press release filed by the Oneida Indian Nation. “Changing the name of the Washington NFL team will not solve the problems of our country’s many trails of broken promises and discriminatory isolation of our Native American communities. However, a change in the nation’s capital can send a strong message.”
This message was echoed by the executive director of the National Congress of American Indians.
“The name used by the Washington NFL team is widely recognized as a racial slur and promotes discrimination against Native Americans,” Jacqueline Pata stated, via Florio's post on Saturday. “More and more organizations are joining our voices calling on team owner Dan Snyder and the NFL to change the name, and we are proud that the United Church of Christ and its members are standing with us.”
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