There's little doubt that a sizable number of DailyKos visitors couldn't care less about the day-to-day of professional football. That said, I'm fairly certain we're pretty close to being of one mind when it comes to racism. The fact is, more and more people - from President Obama to Charles Krauthammer - think it's about time the Washington football team gives up the racial slur it claims as its name.
Honestly, I'm stunned that in 2013 this is even a controversy. How is it that so many people are comfortable using that term in public? How does that offensive imagery get printed on credit cards, tee-shirts, and grocery store displays? Don't American Express and and JC Penney and Kroger have diversity policies that say something about peddling hatred? And how is it that not a single NFL player has ever reflected upon our country's history and refused to step foot on the field so long as that slur was part of the game?
Of course, each of those examples involve people and corporations "going with the flow" and/or "playing it safe". Any bank or retail brand that took affirmative steps to ban the imagery and name would instantly be catapulted into the debate. And who'd want that?
Well, funny you asked. As it turns out, one of the nations largest media companies threw caution to the wind to put themselves at the center of the debate:
CBS Radio Washington informed the Oneida Indian Nation on Friday that their ads will not air this weekend, according to The Washington Post.
Let's just make this plain: CBS has taken the side of the racists. They've silenced victims of racism, which is in and of itself a form of oppression.
That's your corporate America.