U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN4) is one of 10 representatives who are asking the Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the team's nickname because it is offensive toward Native Americans, according to an Associated Press article.
From the article:
The letter to Snyder says that "Native Americans throughout the country consider the `R-word' a racial, derogatory slur akin to the `N-word' among African Americans or the `W-word' among Latinos."READ THE FULL ARTICLE
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