Do you watch football? Are you aware of the controversy surrounding a certain Washington-based team? Do you remember the last PSA urging the team to change its mascot?
This week, conversation sprang up around a new spot launched by Minneapolis agency Red Circle. As My Fox Twin Cities tells us, the agency primarily works with clients in the hospitality industry (yes, that means casinos). It’s also owned by Chad Germann, who is a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
Here’s the ad his shop released seven days ago:
Remember, the Redskins play the Vikings on Sunday.
Germann’s corresponding statement:
“I was tired of people avoiding what I think is the real issue. There is no word in the American lexicon that is more hurtful to the Native American. We’re left with this ugly word. People don’t talk about how ugly it is. We need to talk about it.”
And people are talking about it. We don’t know that this ad will convince Daniel Snyder to change his team’s name, but it did remind us that YouTube comments are far worse than AgencySpy comments.