Clap Back on WaPo's Bad Poll with Jacqueline Keeler

Edge of Sports

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🗓️ 27 May 2016

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The Washington Post caused a furor when they released a new poll, claiming that 90% of Native Americans are not offended by the home football team’s controversial name. We read this article with great interest and came away with more questions than answers. Today, we offer the Post, and our listeners, a moral reality check with Jacqueline Keeler, Navajo/Yankton Dakota Sioux writer and co-founder of the group ’Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry.’ Then, Dave reads a response from Washington Post polling manager Scott Clement, and finally, Dave updates his open letter to Dan Snyder, originally published in Grantland.Washington Post: “New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name” http://wpo.st/P4ec1The Nation (Keeler) “On the Shameful and Skewed ‘Redskins’ Poll” http://thenation.com/article/on-the-shameful-and-skewed-redskins-poll/Grantland (Zirin) “Enough” https://grantland.com/features/rename-washington-redskins/Music by A Tribe Called Red: Braves, The Road ft. Black Bear, Different Heroes ft. Northern Voice, Burn Your Village To The Ground http://atribecalledred.com/Jacqueline Keeler: http://twitter.com/jfkeelerEradicating Offensive Native Mascotry: http://NoMoreStereotypes.com | http://twitter.com/EONMassoc—http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | email us: [email protected] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:16.9	Welcome to The Edge of Sports podcast.
0:19.1	I'm Dave Ziren.
0:24.2	We have a clapback show this week. Clap back on the Washington Post for their poll that claimed to show 90% of Native Americans are not offended
0:30.9	by the name of the Washington football team, which in case you don't know is Redskins, which is a dictionary-defined racial slur.
0:39.8	The contention of this podcast is that the post-pull, not just methodologically, but
0:44.6	ethically, is a dumpster fire. And to break down why our guest this week is Jacqueline
0:49.8	Keeler. Jacqueline is a Navajo-Yankton Dakota Sue writer living in Portland, Oregon, and she is
0:55.5	the co-founder of the organization, eradicating offensive native mascotry, who were the
1:01.1	creators of the hashtag, not your mascot. We also have a response to Jackie's criticisms,
1:07.1	criticisms again that, to be clear, I absolutely share by the polling manager of the
1:12.2	Washington Post, Scott Clement. Scott declined to appear on the show, but he did provide a written
1:17.6	statement that I will read. Then I got some choice words for Dan Snyder, an open letter that I wrote in
1:23.4	2013 for the Granlan site that I'm updating updating where I challenge him to put his money and his
1:29.7	bigotry where his mouth is. So let's do it. Let's talk to Jackie Keeler.
1:44.1	So Jackie Keeler, what was your reaction when you first heard about the poll?
1:49.2	Well, I am a sociology major, and it's hard to believe that a poll could be so different than my own experiences.
1:55.8	I mean, I have 50 first cousins, and they're all tribally enrolled in two different tribes. And then that doesn't
2:02.0	include my extended family and the communities I've lived in across the country, different native
2:07.2	communities. And it's just that number in no way reflects my experiences with native people. It's in
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