Smoke Signals – How a Racial Slur Became a NFL Team
While the NFL Team continues to kneel against racism, a team of their own continues to perpetuate racial stereotypes and slurs. Learn about the history of the R*****ns and how the name continues to hurt natives with implicit bias.
Credits:
Voice Over by David Fleming
Football Footage from Terry Allen and Stephen Davis
News Footage from Outside the Lines and CNN
Interview from Amanda Blackhorse
News Images from Daily Mail, ESPN, Examiner, etc.
Comic Images from John Branch and North East Ohio Media Group and Washington Evening Star Cartoon
Racial Mascot Hats from Nation Congress of American Indians
Logos are from their respective teams
Songs:
In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg
Habanera by Bizet
Prelude No. 14 by Chris Zabriskie
Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner
All Images, Documents, and Information in this video was intended to be used with Fair Use Laws and FNX does not claim ownership to any of the images used in the video from other sources. We use these images to spread the information about the Washington Team’s History and the History of the Slur and its implicit bias.
Sources:
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-brief-history-of-the-word-redskin-and-how-it-became-a-source-of-controversy/2016/05/19/062cd618-187f-11e6-9e16-2e5a123aac62_story.html?utm_term=.bfc030d654cc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/09/15/sorry-redskins-fans-native-american-mascots-increase-your-racial-bias/?utm_term=.726999e881f6
Esquire: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a29445/true-redskins-meaning/?click=promo&src=spr_TWITTER&spr_id=1456_65348273
http://esq.h-cdn.co/assets/cm/15/06/54d44abb4e540_-_redskin.pdf
FiveThirtyEight: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-2128-native-american-mascots-people-arent-talking-about/
Mascot DB: https://www.mascotdb.com/
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