Redskins Game at UMN Could Cause Campus-wide Protests
A blast from the past: the Redskins’ name is once again stirring up controversy. This time, it’s from Students at the University of Minnesota, who claim that the Redskins playing on campus would violate campus policies against racism and other forms of intolerance.
Here’s more from Andrew Desiderio at The College Fix:
CLAIM: Redskins Game at UMN Will Violate Campus Policy Because Name is ‘Racist’
The Washington Redskins are set to play the Minnesota Vikings at the University of Minnesota on Nov. 2, but one Democratic lawmaker has lodged a complaint against those plans, saying the Redskins’ visit would violate a campus diversity policy because the team’s name is “racist.”
Underscoring that, an officer of the American Indian Student Cultural Center and a U of M native student told The College Fix he predicts the game will prompt campus protests.
The game is slated to take place at the public university’s outdoor TCF Bank Stadium, and Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) states in a strongly worded letter to the Vikings’ owner that the “presence of the Washington franchise and their racist name on the University of Minnesota campus would be in violation of the Board of Regents’ Equity, Diversity, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action Policy.”
The policy states in part that the university must “establish and nurture an environment … that actively acknowledges and values equity and is free from racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance or harassment.”
CLAIM: Redskins Game at UMN Will Violate Campus Policy Because Name is ‘Racist’ (The College Fix)
Comments
So, they’re annoyed that the Redskins are going to play the Vikings…
Umm, aren’t the oceangoing pirates and traders sons and daughters also annoyed about the double-standard here?
I hope the game isn’t scheduled on Thor’s day (Thursday), the descendants of Eric the Red and Leif Ericson will be protesting like crazy!
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