Over the past few months, pressure has been mounting on Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the name of the football team, which many Native and non-Native Americans find offensive. Now the Federal Communications Commission is reviewing a petition to deem the term “Redskins” indecent and to yank the license of a radio station owned by Snyder for using it.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler says he’s sympathetic to those who find the term offensive, but others question whether a ban would pass muster.
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Dan Kennedy is a journalism professor at Northeastern University.
Callie Crossley is the host of WGBH News' Under the Radar.
Justin Ellis is a journalist at the Nieman Lab.
