{"id":18192,"date":"2014-09-08T04:04:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T10:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=18192"},"modified":"2014-09-08T04:04:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T10:04:43","slug":"adl-joins-plea-to-broadcasters-to-abjure-redskins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/adl-joins-plea-to-broadcasters-to-abjure-redskins\/","title":{"rendered":"ADL joins plea to broadcasters to abjure Redskins"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (JTA) \u2014 The Anti-Defamation League signed a letter initiated by Native American groups urging broadcasters to avoid saying the name of the Redskins, the NFL’s Washington franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome might argue that objectivity requires broadcasters to continue promoting the racial slur as long as Washington team owner Dan Snyder keeps denigrating Native Americans by using the epithet as his team\u2019s name,\u201d said the letter sent last week to broadcasters. \u201cBut in this particular fight for basic equality and mutual respect, there is no \u2018objective\u2019 position. Every time the slur is promoted on the public airwaves even in a non-critical way by a journalist, it is an endorsement of the continued use of this slur.\u201d<\/p>\n

A number of broadcast journalists in recent days have said they have not used the name for years. Others upheld its use as benign. The Washington Post last month said that its non-sports coverage would omit use of the name.<\/p>\n

The ADL, which a year ago declared its opposition to \u201churtful and offensive names, mascots and logos\u201d in sports, was the only Jewish group of more than 100 organizations that signed the letter. In May, it joined a similar letter to NFL players urging them to campaign for a name change.<\/p>\n

The letter was initiated by the Oneida Indian Nation, which has spearheaded the campaign to get the team to change its name, and the National Congress of American Indians.<\/p>\n

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