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Edge of Sports

The Washington RedHAWKS Culture Jam

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the podcast, we take a look at a culture jam that occurred earlier this week, targeting the Washington football team and its racist team mascot. Jacqueline Keeler joins the show again to talk about how this culture jam came into being as well as the larger issue of using indigenous people as mascots, and the impact of living near uranium mines on the health of native communities.We also have a Choice Words segment that examines the politics of Charles Barkley in the wake of the recent Alabama senatorial election. We also have a Just Stand Up award for the heads of the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB player associations and a Just Sit Down award to Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball. All that and more!Jacqueline Keeler, Founder of Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry & Creator of #NotYourMascotFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jfkeelerhttp://www.hcn.org/articles/tribal-affairs-trumps-message-for-tribes-let-them-eat-yellowcakeZirin, Charles Barkley’s Politics Demand Criticismhttps://www.thenation.com/article/charles-barkleys-politics-demand-criticism/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Southern Hospitality - Ludacris | Song of the Sun - Klee Benally | I Get the Bag - Gucci Mane Feat. Migos | The Celestics ‘Black Mozart’ - Kaytranada | Go - Common Feat. John Mayer | Angels - Chance the Rapper Feat. Saba | Check It Out - Beastie Boys | Super Lyrical - Big Pun Feat. Black Thought | Rikers Island - Kool G. Rap | The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Edge of Sports Podcast.

0:09.9

I'm Dave Ziron.

0:11.0

This week we speak to the founder of eradicating offensive native masquetry,

0:15.3

a Navajo-Yankton Dakota Sue writer, Jackie Keeler,

0:19.3

about the tremendous online culture jam, which many called a brilliant

0:23.6

hoax, that convinced people that Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington racial slurs, aka the

0:29.9

Redskins, turned his name over to the better lights of truth and justice and changed it to

0:36.8

the Red Hawks.

0:38.1

Jackie Keeler has the inside story about how the culture jammers fooled all of media,

0:44.7

and it was a beautiful thing.

0:46.4

Also, I've got some choice words about Charles Barkley

0:49.3

and his role in the Doug Jones' improbable victory over the bigot,

0:54.3

Judge Roy Moore in Alabama.

0:56.3

I've also got Just Stand Up and Just Sit Your Ass Down Awards

0:59.7

that are very, very timely,

1:01.9

and an extremely special Colin Kaepernick watch

1:04.6

where I talk about Kaepernick's recent trip to Rikers Island.

1:08.1

And I've got some serious thank yous

1:10.1

for everybody who's been supporting the Patreon page of our podcast.

1:14.1

We really do appreciate it.

1:15.7

But first, let's go to Jackie Keeler.

1:21.2

So, Jackie, but before I ask you about the culture jam and the remarkable, I guess, I don't know what we would call it,

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