Fourth Estate Staff Writer John Hill

Hail to tradition: Should the washington redskins change their name?

A controversy surrounds the Washington Redskins because of their name. “Redskin” is a term that was used to describe the Native American people and it is supposedly offensive to some, which is odd because, when examining history, one would find that they gave that name to themselves. Regardless, some people are upset and there’s been a big push to change this team name that’s been around since the early 1930s because it’s supposedly a derogatory slur.