{"id":40086,"date":"2014-05-27T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T17:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=40086"},"modified":"2014-05-27T10:24:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T17:24:22","slug":"erasing-the-r-word-from-our-lexicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2014\/05\/27\/erasing-the-r-word-from-our-lexicon\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasing the &#8220;R&#8221; Word From our Lexicon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20140527Uprising_201405\/2014_05_27_redskins.mp3\">Listen to this segment with DaShanne Stokes <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20140527Uprising_201405\/2014_05_27_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program with Host Sonali Kolhatkar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/r_word.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Everyone knows the &#8220;n-word,&#8221; but what about the &#8220;r-word?&#8221; The word redskins is defined in the dictionary as a racial slur. And yet such a derogatory word has remained part of our cultural lexicon, most prominently through the name of a major NFL football team, the Washington Redskins. <\/p>\n<p>While there have been numerous unsuccessful efforts by Native American groups to change the team\u2019s offensive name since the 1980s, pressure has recently been mounting once more. Bolstered by the NBA\u2019s firing of LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling following the release of a recording of his racist sentiments, 49 US Senators sent a letter this past week to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell calling for a change to the team\u2019s name. <\/p>\n<p>President Obama, various civil rights groups, sports figures and even the United Nations have also endorsed the name change. Yet team owner Don Snyder refuses to consider any changes and has instead established a non-profit to help improve the lives of Native Americans called the \u201cWashington Redskins Original Americans Foundation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: DaShanne Stokes, author of \u201cThe Unfinished Dream: A Discussion on Rights, Equality, and Inclusivity,\u201d as well as a number of articles on ethnic team names and mascots featured in Indian Country Today<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Visit DaShanne Stokes&#8217; website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dashannestokes.com\">www.dashannestokes.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows the &#8220;n-word,&#8221; but what about the &#8220;r-word?&#8221; The word redskins is defined in the dictionary as a racial slur. And yet such a derogatory word has remained part of our cultural lexicon, most prominently through the name of a major NFL football team, the Washington Redskins. While there have been numerous unsuccessful efforts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40097,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40086\/revisions\/40097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}