Friday, September 20, 2013

Washington 'Redskins' Not Offensive, Says Whiteskin Rick Reilly



"Rick Reilly published a defense of the Washington Redskins' team name, basically arguing that "Native Americans don't care, so why should anyone else?"

Branching out from a sample size of one, his father-in-law, Reilly provides examples of Native Americans who are not particularly offended by the use of the term Redskins, writing that, 'White America has spoken. You aren't offended, so we'll be offended for you.'".* Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (TYT University, The Common Room) and Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report) break it down on The Young Turks.

*Read more here from Brian Feldman / The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/nation...

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