Washington Redskins Team Name
The Washington Redskins have been subject to dispute with the Native American community for many years due to the name redskin being a derogatory term for Native Americans.
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Famous quotes containing the words washington and/or team:
“When you wish upon a star your dreams come true.”
—Ned Washington (190l–1976)
“giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle,
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night.””
—Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863)