A new study from the University of California Berkeley surveyed more than 1,000 American Indians and reported Tuesday that more than 50% of respondents find the Washington Redskins‘ team nickname offensive.
“Of those polled for the study, 57% who strongly identify with being Native American and 67% of those who frequently engage in tribal cultural practices were found to be deeply insulted by caricatures of Native American culture,” a news release from the university said.
The controversy over the name “Redskins” reached its peak in the middle of last decade, but debate began to subside, especially after a 2016 Washington Post poll found nine in 10 American Indians did not find the name offensive.