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Redskins hire D.C. lobbyist to convince you that their racist name isn’t racist | Death and Taxes

11.6.14

Redskins hire D.C. lobbyist to convince you that their racist name isn’t racist | Death and Taxes: And yet, they still think they have a chance to change the nations hearts and minds. To get them to embrace the racism rather than deride it. Which is why they’ve gone and hired K Street lobbyists McGuirreWoods Consulting to help them improve their image without changing their name, and to handle “discussions of team origins, history and traditions, Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation and youth sports, activities of Original Americans’ Foundation.”

What, at this point, could a lobbying firm even do for them? They would literally have to find a way to make that word not insulting or a slur to people, and it’s just not possible for that to happen.


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