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Justice Department Intervenes Against Washington Redskins In Trademark Dispute

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ThinkProgress explains the problems facing Washington’s owner Dan Snyder. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice intervened in the legal battle over whether Washington’s football team should be able to trademark the name “Redskins”. Attorney General Eric Holder has described the name as “offensive”, but the Justice Department is only intervening “for the limited purpose […]

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Turns out entire justification for Washington football racist name was debunked by owner in 1933

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As challenges against the name of the Washington Redskins have persisted for more than four decades, the teams ownership and management has held on to a consistent story: that the team changed its original name — the Boston Braves — to the Boston Redskins in 1933 to honor its coach, William “Lone Star” Dietz, who

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