INTERVIEW — ROBERT MCCARTNEY — senior regional correspondent and associate editor at The Washington Post.
MCCARTNEY: I’m dropping my protest of Washington’s football team name
Poll: 9 in 10 Native Americans not offended by Redskins name. NEW YORK (AP) — A recent national poll found that nine of 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by the Washington Redskins name. The poll conducted by the Washington Post indicated more than eight in 10 said they wouldn’t be offended if someone who was not a Native American called them that name. A federal judge ordered the cancellation of the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration in July, ruling that their name may be disparaging to Native Americans. The club is appealing. Ninety percent of the random national sample of 504 Native Americans said the name doesn’t bother them; 9 percent said it was offensive. Native Americans make up about 2 percent of the U.S. population.
