Jesse Ventura demanding Washington Redskins drop their mascot Protest Minnesota
- 7 лет назад
Demonstrators marched to the Metrodome on Thursday, demanding the Washington Redskins drop their mascot name or continue to face protests and legal challenges.\r
Carrying signs that read, We Are Not Mascots and Redskin: A Dehumanizing Racial Slur, about 700 protesters marched from the American Indian Movement (AIM) national office on E. Franklin Avenue about 20 blocks to the Dome, where the Vikings played Washington on Thursday night.\r
Among the demonstrators were Billy Mills, a Sioux Indian who won the 10,000-meter gold medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics; U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, who has led a contingent of congressional representatives who oppose the name, and Joey Browner, a former Minnesota Viking and Pro Bowl player.\r
Also participating in the protest march were presumptive new Minneapolis mayor elect Betsy Hodges and former Gov. Jesse Ventura.\r
The march and demonstration capped several days of public opposition. Clyde Bellecourt of Minneapolis, a founder of AIM and a leader of the protest, told reporters on Wednesday that The R-word is no different from the N-word. He said, We want the R-word completely erased from the memory of the NFL.\r
Browner, who is of Polynesian, Cherokee, Seminole and Blackfeet Indian heritage, said that Redskins was a pejorative term of the American frontier when his ancestors were viewed as animals.\r
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Opponents of mascot name marched on the Metrodome before Thursday nights Vikings game.\r
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Protesters gather for a protest march against the Washington Redskins name.\r
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Carrying signs that read, We Are Not Mascots and Redskin: A Dehumanizing Racial Slur, about 700 protesters marched from the American Indian Movement (AIM) national office on E. Franklin Avenue about 20 blocks to the Dome, where the Vikings played Washington on Thursday night.\r
Among the demonstrators were Billy Mills, a Sioux Indian who won the 10,000-meter gold medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics; U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, who has led a contingent of congressional representatives who oppose the name, and Joey Browner, a former Minnesota Viking and Pro Bowl player.\r
Also participating in the protest march were presumptive new Minneapolis mayor elect Betsy Hodges and former Gov. Jesse Ventura.\r
The march and demonstration capped several days of public opposition. Clyde Bellecourt of Minneapolis, a founder of AIM and a leader of the protest, told reporters on Wednesday that The R-word is no different from the N-word. He said, We want the R-word completely erased from the memory of the NFL.\r
Browner, who is of Polynesian, Cherokee, Seminole and Blackfeet Indian heritage, said that Redskins was a pejorative term of the American frontier when his ancestors were viewed as animals.\r
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Opponents of mascot name marched on the Metrodome before Thursday nights Vikings game.\r
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Protesters gather for a protest march against the Washington Redskins name.\r
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