Even if it had a storied history that was offending a sizable group of people, id think about changing it. But i dont want to detract from the wonderful redskins fans that are here. They love their team, and rightly so come it even though they have been having a tough time this year. Think all these mascots and team names related to native americans, native americans feel pretty strongly about it it i dont know whether our attachment to a particular name real, override the legitimate concerns that people have about these things. But, i dont have a stake in this in the sense of them not a part owner of any Football Team. And now we want to include you in the conversation about whether or not the Washington Redskins name should be changed. 202 is the area code. Native americans, we want to hear from you as well. Finally, for redskins fans, we have a line set aside, two 02 58538 83. Should the Washington Redskins . The d. C. Anged Council Passed a resolution asking redskins to change their name. The d. C. Council passed a resolution on tuesday, asking the redskins to change its name because it is considered a racial slur for native americans. 10 of the 11 councilmembers present voted in favor of the resolution. Two other members, Vincent Orange and marion barry did not attend the meeting. That is marion barry speaking. Heres an article about a group that is active and tried to get the name changed. President barack obama has weighed in, the pro football commissioner has two. S, too. At one time, heat speech was all too common from African Americans being called the an word to others. Artistry is scarred by the language of bigotry. Modern society agrees that this type of language is unsuccessful book is unacceptable. Members of congress in both parties led by minnesotas Betty Mccollum have urged Washington Team to stop using the r word. But the nfl has refused to act. It is a cruel insult that hurts native people. Our communities and their children. As proud nfl sponsors, we want the leak to be a unified force, not a source of intolerance. The mission or Roger Goodell should use his power to do the right thing and change washingtons team name. Native people dont deserve to be treated as targets of a slur. We deserve to be treated as what we are, americans. Paid for by the Oneida Indian nation of new york. You can make a comment on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com c span. Quite a conversation are going on there, including a chance to vote in the poll. Finally, you can send us an e mail at journal cspan. Org. Host michael in phoenix arizona. What do you think . Caller ive been a redskins fan all my life. Why should they complain now . Anybodys complaining about everything. They find everything to complain about. Host thank you, michael. This is william in southgate, michigan. William, what do you think . Caller im outside of detroit. I think it is a no brain or. We would have eight teams called the pale faces. It is more insensitivity on the part of white people towards minorities. Thank you. Host thank you. Brandon in love ernie r, texas. Would you think about the redskins name . Should be changed . Caller i think we are total idiots about it. Im a fighter pilot. Americans, we just get too carried away with stuff like this. Go ahead. Right, thank you bradley. Here some of the tweets that we are receiving on the issue. Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer wrote on this receipt leak in the Washington Post mr. Krauthammer ends his oped withe Washington Post this. Lets recognize that there are many people of goodwill for whom Washington Redskins contains sentimental and historical attachment. And not an ounce of intended animist. Will in albany, oregon. On the native american line. High, will. Caller thank you washington. I dont speak for any other native americans, but for my own part. It is just a disrespectful thing. To know that redskins refers the type of money that was used back in the colonies that consisted of the scalp and skin of native American Peoples. There was more money for young men, but women scalps were with money, too. The washington americans would be a better name for the team. Ayakoou think, america this is kathleen in brooklyn, maryland. High, kathleen. Going to tell you is that most people dont understand that the term redskins refers to the color of the bloody skin underneath the scalp of the native americans. Those cops were used for money like that tillman just said. A white person would take scalps of dead people and trade them like fox first or will scans or that were used in that time for bartering money. So when you say redskins it refers in native american terms to our dead ancestors. What people came here and slaughtered most of these people and now theyre using this word that refers to the state people as an honor. That is i think where most of the people come to a separation is when you use the term of a dead person to mean something honorable. In other words, we are honored that we have killed almost an entire race of people for no other reason but that they were someplace that we wanted to be. They had something we wanted. I am part native american. My father is a kiowa indian from oklahoma. Im not talking off the top of my head. I know what my grandfather told me when he heard that word. He would actually cry. And it is sad. This is yolande in laurel, maryland here in the suburbs of washington. No because after 80 years, now youre just coming and saying that it is a racial slur, whatever. It is just stupid. Sayinghas had a problem it for 80 years. Leave the line keep going. They have done good and that made us proud. Just keep it redskins, thats all i have to say. Host are you a redskins fan . Caller all the way. Host did you see the game last night . Caller yes i thought last night. Redskins name opponent sees an opportunity thursday night. They play the vikings and loss to the vikings. In this article in National Journal, that is a little bit from the National Journal this morning. Don in los angeles. What you think, should the risk is change her name . Caller i definitely think they should change their name. Years ago, the stanford cardinals were known as the stanford indians, but they changed their name. Not only do you think they should change the name, but so should the Cleveland Indians in the Florida State seminoles, for that matter. Im African American and i do have some Indian Heritage as well. Times are changing. But of the skins think about becoming the washington senators. . Why not pick that up as a new nickname. The senate would be honored, im sure. Over all the other reasons that of our to been mentioned host in chicago the chicago blackhawks. In atlanta you have the braves. Have the Cleveland Indians with chief warrant lesser mascot. To those need to be changed to . Caller they definitely need to be looked at. Im not much of a hockey fan so i overlooked the chicago blackhawks, but they should be looked at. Probably the reasons that we are party discussed, im sure that as the discussion goes on those names will come up under consideration. Thank you, don. From cnn, this is a story about a High School Team that demand side School Change arab team name and mascot. Sports andcalifornia is not scoring any points for its name, the arabs. Morning andn this agency, montana on a native americans line. Sterling, good morning. Would he think about the redskins name . Caller yes, good morning. Word and ifensive dont want to bring harm or oure or anything to american residence, but the redskins is the nword and that is white it is so offensive to native americans. The other names mentioned, the braves and so forth and are not derogatory, but the word redskin is to the American Indians. Word as ause that prairie nword which is very offensive to our American People. I just thought i would make that comment this morning. To show you the Cleveland Indians mascot, therell logo, chief wahoo. What you think of the name using the term indians and of this logo . Ago,r well, several years recently, Russell Means of the American Indian movement did have a movement going against the Cleveland Indians and i really dont know what the outcome was that there was a lawsuit filed, but i dont know if that was settled out of court or what. The at particular time, according to Russell Means, the logo and word was offensive. Like a mentioned earlier, it is really the redskin name that is offensive. Like i said, it is like the n word to our africanamerican brothers. Here is tom on our redskins fan line from mountain home, north carolina. High, tom. Caller good morning. Host we think about the name . What do you think about the name . Redskins fan. I dont have a problem with the name change. If you go back 50 years washington had a name for the baseball team, the senators. How offensive or that the for baseball player today . Given that the congress is only 13 approval rating. I really dont think it is fair to the indian nations. Be a to think it should matter of public discussion and Public Policy . Caller yes, it should be. Host all right, tom. Mitch is in plant city, florida. Hello, mitch. What do you think . Caller i think that the name should remain the same. The people that own the team are white men, right . Snyder is a white man, correct. The white people are the descendents of esau. They should name the team after themselves. Youtube. They should name it whatever they want to name it. Is a white man. What is the problem with that . Arlene in jacksonville, north carolina. What you think of the washington foot wall teams name . Of the washington foot ball teams name . Every young girl i would this huge in a strange pose. He looked more brown than red. I didnt understand what the heck that was. Eventually i did ask them what was that dennis on washington. He explained to me it was for the redskins. Offended as it passed by. It was like somebody was stabbing me in my heart. Our family ister not just black but native american. It is very painful to see somebody keep Something Like that around. The name should be changed. Well want to hurt everybody. Somebody should do something about it eric the owner needs to see that the public doesnt want to stand for it. Thats all i want to say, peter. Host gloria is in South Carolina on our fans line. Caller good morning. Fan of theearold Football Team in washington dc. I am not taking sides in the debate whether the team should be called Something Else. To be made, is have a suggestion for Something Else. Have statesmen in the city known as the congress, a good change would be the washington statesmen. This would be a reminder of the American Congress of what their job should be. Maybe they would act accordingly. Maybe a better reflection of the behavior of the members of congress it should be the washington turkeys. Working and playing together is something that the members of congress seem to have forgotten that is what the intent is. Summer Facebook Comments on whether or not the redskins should change the name of the team. Well, on the front page of in usa today, and the inner pages and theington journal wall street journal. Here is a president from last that theyi am sorry are finding themselves in the situation based on assurances they got from me. We have got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and that we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this. Thehis morning in Washington Post host carol is in minneapolis, minnesota. Change they should name. I just remember all of the cowboy movies growing up and their word redskin was always used in those movies and it was derogatory toward American Indians and native American People. Therefore, yes, absolutely to change it. It is racist. Carol, we have a tweeting here that says our norwegians offended by the use of the term vikings. Not, some arere paired for the most part theyre are not. It is something they treasure. They seem to treasure the name viking. Whereas redskin is totally different. It is derogatory. Host thank you, carol. Here is some more tweets. Johnny is in ski it took, alabama. Is oklahoma where i am. Host sorry, i have no idea where you got that. Caller im calling in to say that they should change the names. It is offensive to those who are American Indian or least i believe it is. It is for me. I am osage indian. It is one of the tribes in oklahoma. We make up about one third of the population in the state should it is very unusual. If they wanted in their teams after certain minority , majority groups, what are they consider the whiteys, the hotkeys, the crackers. That is it. By. A callernny, we had from the crow nation in montana who said that the term redskins was comparable to the nword. Ways i yes, in many think it is. Some people use it freely. You dont hear it here. I can see where it would be very offensive for people in other parts of the country. Here we just call them indians. Host this is jim another caller from oklahoma. Stillwater, oklahoma. What do you think, jim . White skinned and my godmother was native american. Oklahoma would have to change its name to go with this because forand is a choctaw word people in houma is for red. We were named after the native americans and i think this is a complement, not an insult to native americans. Just to recognize them. We are all identified by our skin. Being a that as it just tells her heritage. It has nothing to do with being derogatory. Host thank you, jim. This morning. Democrats see jimmy carters grandson as a star. Democrats are quickly lining up Georgia State senator jason carters campaign for governor. That is in political. Hills in the newspapers morning. The statement comes as the New York Times reported that the main source of the cbs report had lied about his actions the night terrorists attacked the u. S. Mission. That is in the hill newspaper. More citations found in pauls book trade senator rand paul is being confronted with new evidence. One more article before we go back to calls. This is in the daily caller. An quintess in akron, ohio. We think about the name and should be changed . I think people should know how the name was derived. I think the name came from the bounty paid on the skins of indians back when our country was first founded. True, i think we need to look at that paper we want that to be the name of our football, baseball, whatever team . Build up the teams nationality like the fighting irish for the colts. Or the colts. If you drive it from paying the bounty on the skins of your people, i think somebody should look into it. We all as an american need to look at the things we are supporting that our sports teams are politicians. Lets look a little closer, just a little closer into what were are doing. That is my opinion. Iq. Thank you. Next up is standing new york. Caller if you want to prove that you are an american too. Stop repaying your debt and taxes. This to me is nothing more than a vehicle for them to advance their agenda in whatever way they can. Forhis town we get nothing that 35 million casino that they have down there, not to mention their gas stations and all the rest of it. We cant get a grant, a loan to but sewers in this town. Firent have a paid department. With everybody going in and out of that place, the accidents, the need for always municipalities to be funded is just being overlooked completely. Host that is stand in durham ville, new york. This is roger calling on the native americans line from valley village, california. What do you think, should the Washington Redskins name be . Caller caller no i dont. Back in the revolutionary war braves, chickasaw war you can go back and talk to the chief, these to put that red pigment when theyre fighting with the british. The chickasaws fight against americans because the british were just passing through. That is not derogatory. I cant believe that people are in a stampede over this. It is not like theyre calling them the washington dog eaters or something. , that istkeys derogatory. This is more along the lines of back in the southeastern tribes. Used to ws just go online and see for yourself. We are arguing over the name of an nfl team. On the front page of the New York Times this morning. Front page of the New York Times this morning. Checked in appalachia, new york heard you say the name should not be changed. Caller quite honestly i dont know why this is such an important issue. I think that cspan should be focusing on other things rather than this bs. Were going to move on if youre going to use a kind of language. Spartanburg, South Carolina. You see the name should not be changed. Caller i think it should be changed to the washington filibusters in the game would never be played. I think they should change the name of the mascot for the democrats to the donkey. I think it is ridiculous. The fat happens i think we should go after every other thing and just go crazy. Maybe get rid of the fighting irish because that is slanderous. Where