7:40pm August 24, 2014

➸ 7 Anti-R-Word Quotes From Native Voices

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“I’d ask (Washington team owner Dan Snyder), ‘Would you dare call me a redskin, right here, to my face?’ … “And I suspect that, no, he would not do that.” -Amanda Blackhorse, Diné

“In addition [to the Annenberg survey], Dan Snyder keeps talking about the ‘hundreds’ of letters he’s received from Natives in support of the team, when I know there are thousands against the name and mascot.” Dr. Adrienne Keene, Cherokee

“This business of being Cherokee, ‘I am a Cherokee princess,’ and all that you hear is a very old story to us.” … “It’s kind of like the way we thought about the term, ‘redskins’ and all that for a long time as a team name; it’s just something people say and do because they’re kind of ignorant.” -Wes Studi, Cherokee

“Native Americans cannot be bought.” … “While we appreciate billionaire Dan Snyder’s belated and sudden interest in the centuries-old plight of Native Americans, no amount of money makes it acceptable to promote a derogatory racial slur.” -Jacqueline Pata, Raven/Sockeye Clan of the Tlingit Tribe and executive director of the National Congress of American Indians

“We are stereotyped, we are marginalized, and our issues become obscure.” … obscured by mascots. Everyone knows the mascots, they know the stereotypes, but they don’t know anything about us.” -Jacqueline Keeler, Navajo and Yankton Dakota, activist and writer

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