Should the Federal Communications Commission force the Washington Redskins to change their name? Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt says "yes."
Putting new pressure on owner Dan Snyder, Hundt laid out his case Friday in an op-ed in The Washington Post that is sure to stir up a debate that's been going on for years.
The op-ed coincided with a letter that Hundt and 11 others, including former FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein and public interest advocates, sent to Snyder urging him "to change the archaic and racially stereotyped name of the Washington XXXskins (used instead of spelling out Redskins) football team."
Hundts suggests that because the name of the NFL team is archaic and racially stereotyped, it forces broadcasters to use racially derogatory words on the air.
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