Law Practice,
Entertainment & Sports
Sep. 25, 2014
The NFL's desperate need for moral clarity
Redskins - the name of the NFL's Washington franchise - is a slur. And it's the least controversial thing about the NFL these days.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
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Redskins - the name of the NFL's Washington franchise - is a slur. A snide albeit not uncommon retort is: What then of the Vikings? Should the NFL ban Minnesota's mascot because the league should not slander sword-brandishing, red-bearded marauders?
It is not quite the reductio ad absurdum it might first appear. In the 1990s, discovery in a class action brought against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department revealed a clique - that is, gang - of deputies within the Lynwood Di...
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