Washington Redskins and Negro Mountain: Two offensive names that need to be changed

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Washington Redskins, meet Negro Mountain.

One is the name of our hometown football team; the other a mountain ridge that stretches from Western Maryland into Pennsylvania. One name is patently offensive to a large majority of Native Americans; the other name overwhelmingly rejected by African Americans.

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