'Redskins' May Officially Be Out of (Associated Press) Style

Easily one of the most welcome updates for this book.

Redskins FailFor the past few years, Daniel Snyder and the NFL have been circling the wagons and protecting the folklore behind what some or many (depending on who you ask) believe to be the last racist slur one can say in public: “Redskins.”

There have been PSAs, surveys, PR Failsfaltering firms hired to protect the team’s image, and even a move by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to withdraw its protected registration — all in an effort to get people to shut up about the “mascot” of the Washington football team.

And

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