Hundreds Rally Against the Racist R-Word at Mall of America Field
Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 05:27PM Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Mall of America Field last night ahead of the "Redskins" Vikings NFL game.
“We call this a walk, not a march, and this is a walk to raise the consciousness of people with regard to racism in sports,” said Alan Yelsey, who identified himself as an organizer for the American Indian Movement. “We’re certainly trying to change the name of the Washington team. That’s the focus,” he told The Washington Post.
The protesters held signs like “racism honors no one” and “human beings are not mascots” and chanted, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, little red Sambo has got to go” and demanded that the Washington NFL team change its name. The Star Tribune reported that 700 demonstrators were part of last night’s movement to change the racial slur which was led by American Indian Movement founder Clyde Bellecourt.
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