National Congress of American Indians calls on Redskins players to speak out

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Via Washingtonian.com, NCAI president Fawn Sharp made a direct plea for players on the team to initiate the push to replace the dictionary-defined slur.

“I am calling for members of the NFL franchise in Washington, D.C., to rise to the occasion and become heroes,” Sharp and Matthew Randazzo V write.

“All I ask is that you state the unequivocal moral truth: just as you would never play for the Washington [insert any other racial slur], you will no longer play for any team branded with a racial slur against Native Americans.

“As long as that team name stands, players of conscience should sit at home rather than wear the NFL equivalent of the Confederate flag.

“Who is brave enough to walk out of the locker room of Washington, D.C.’s National Football League franchise and into the history books?

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