Episode 11: Redskins-related Poll Prompts Pushback by Native Americans
Added 2016-05-24 08:19:14 +0000 UTCQuick note to say that episode 11 of MEDIA INDIGENA is now posted for your on-demand listening pleasure! See if you noticed a little twist to the format this time around. Here's the synopsis: This week we take a long look at a provocative poll recently published by the Washington Post about their home town pro football club, the "Redskins." The paper claims the results supposedly show "how few ordinary Indians have been persuaded by a national movement to change the football team’s moniker." Not surprisingly, team owner Daniel Snyder immediately celebrated the findings, but critics claim the poll should be punted for its shaky methodology and the way it ignores how a racial slur like the R-word diminishes Indigenous self-esteem as well as poisons mainstream attitudes toward Native peoples. Our guests this week are Jason Notte, a sports business columnist for MarketWatch.com, as well as Ottawa-based journalist and author Waubgeshig Rice. Happy listening! Rick
