FedEx, the parcel shipping company that owns the naming rights to FedEx Field, the home field of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, has called for the team’s racist nickname to be changed. Fredrick Smith, FedEx’s CEO, holds a minority share in the team.
NBC Sports Washington listed five potential options in the still-unlikely event of the NFL’s most racist team nickname being changed. Of these, I strongly like the idea of the team adopting the Redtails nickname, which would honor the Tuskegee Airmen, a unit of black fighter pilots who fought for the United States during World War II, when the U.S. Armed Forces were still segregated. A Reddit user with the handle r/RO16, whose real name is unknown, suggested the Redtails nickname.
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