Slate to Strike 'Redskins' From its Vocabulary

Slate announced today that it will no longer refer to Washington’s NFL team as the “Redskins.” Instead they will refer to it as “Washington’s NFL team.” It joins Washington City Paper, the Philadelphia Daily News and Buffalo News in the cause. Editor David Plotz says of the team name, “It’s extremely tacky and dated—like an old aunt who still talks about ‘colored people’ or limps her wrist to suggest someone’s gay.”

In a story published today, Plotz reasons, “Time passes, the world changes, and all of a sudden a well-intentioned symbol is an embarrassment.

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