People are responding negatively to the Washington Redskins on social media after the team participated in the #BlackOutTuesday initiative that is helping bring awareness to social injustice and police brutality after the killing of George Floyd last week.
Around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, the Redskins media team posted a black square on its Twitter page, and many shared on social media how “Redskins” has been used to degrade those in the Native American community.
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Some even responded to the post about how the team’s name is disparaging to those in the Native American community.
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