C. Richard King is a professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Redskins: Insult and Brand (Nebraska, 2016), Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy (Nebraska, 2001), … Continue reading From the Desk of C. Richard King: Go Redhawks!
C. Richard King is a professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy (Nebraska, 2001) and Native Athletes in Sport and Society: A … Continue reading From the Desk of C. Richard King
The following is an excerpt from Fight for Old DC: George Preston Marshall, the Integration of the Washington Redskins, and the Rise of a New NFL (Nebraska, 2016) by Andrew O’Toole. O’Toole is the author of numerous books, including Paul Brown: The Rise and Fall Again … Continue reading Excerpt:Fight for Old DC
The following is a post from C. Richard King, author of Redskins: Insult and Brand (Nebraska, 2016). King is a professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Team … Continue reading From the Desk of C. Richard King: This Is Not About Free Speech
Tayler Lord is a publicist at UNP and mildly fascinated by the intersection between American football and soccer. The Washington Redskins franchise remains one of the most valuable in professional sports, in part because of its easily recognizable, popular, and profitable brand. And yet “r*dskins” is a derogatory name for American Indians. The number of grassroots campaigns to change the name has risen in recent years despite the current team owner’s assertion that the team will never do so. Franchise owners counter criticism by arguing that the team name is positive and a term of respect and honor that many American … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Top 10 Alternatives for R*dskins
C. Richard King is Professor of Ethnic Studies at Washington State University at Pullman and the author and editor of several books, including Team Spirits: The Native American Mascot Controversy and Unsettling America: Indianness in the Contemporary World. His new book, Redskins: Insult and … Continue reading From the desk of C. Richard King: Hate Masked as Honor
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