The Redsk*ns Were Forced to Admit That Racism Is No Longer Profitable

Black Lives Matter changed everything, and it’s been a long time coming

Ruth Hopkins
ZORA
Published in
4 min readJul 16, 2020

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On Monday, the Washington NFL team’s owner, Dan Snyder, announced that the Redsk*ns name and logo are being retired. While they’ve yet to declare a replacement, which makes me somewhat apprehensive, the fact that Washington will…

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Ruth Hopkins
ZORA
Writer for

Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer. Bylines: Teen Vogue, Huffpost, Bustle, Jezebel, Truthout & more.