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The ‘Tennessee Crackers’ Would Have Never Happened
Rename the NFL
No one would have dreamed of giving an NFL team a name insulting to white people, Catholics, or Jews. So why is ‘Redskins’ okay? One reason: Native Americans’ lack of political power.
Michael Tomasky
Special Correspondent
Published
Nov. 30 2013
5:45AM EST
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Michael Tomasky
Special Correspondent
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