Who will be watching?
Via Fox News:
The Five discussed a Sportswriter for The Nation, who criticized the NFL for putting the Washington Redskins game on primetime on Thanksgiving.
Dave Zirin wrote that the “the R*dskins [sic] slur, a name that exists only because of genocide and displacement will have center stage,”
Zirin said that the nighttime matchup against Ben McAdoo’s New York Football Giants is possibly a “private joke of the owners.”
Washington fan Juan Williams, who said he also finds the name offensive to Native Americans, asked the panel their thoughts on the story.
“Doesn’t matter what you call them, they’re going to lose anyway,” Philadelphia native and Eagles fan Jesse Watters remarked.
Watters’ 9-1 team currently leads the 4-6 Redskins, 5-5 Cowboys and 2-8 Giants in the NFC East division.
Kimberly Guilfoyle said a recent study showed 90 percent of Native Americans didn’t actually find the “Redskins” name offensive.