Peter King, senior writer at Sports Illustrated, has decided to stop using the name “Redskins” when writing about the National Football League team in Washington, DC.
In a column, King said that the name is regarded by some as racial slur, and “it offends too many people, and I don’t want to add to the offensiveness.”
He added, ” I can do my job without using it, and I will.”
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