{"id":1123,"date":"2014-05-22T17:12:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T21:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/RoachesBlog\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2014-05-22T17:12:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T21:12:38","slug":"senators-deplore-name-redskins-demeaning-to-native-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/?p=1123","title":{"rendered":"Senators deplore name &#8220;Redskins,&#8221; demeaning to Native Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tFifty US Senators signed a letter to the commissioner of football urging that the demeaning name &quot;Washington&nbsp;Redskins&quot; be changed. The team should have a name reflecting the dignity of Native Americans. What should it be? No doubt the Senators told the owner to look no further than the reverential spirit of the team&#39;s boosters.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/RoachesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Redskin-cheerleader.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Redskin cheerleader\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1128\" height=\"496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/RoachesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Redskin-cheerleader.jpg\" width=\"641\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRumors swirl about another offensive&nbsp;team name, the New York Giants. Look for a change to the New York Dimensionally Challenged.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/RoachesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Andre-the-giant.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Andre the giant\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1133\" height=\"928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/RoachesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Andre-the-giant.jpg\" width=\"728\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis is the wonderful Andre the Giant (that is, Vertically Independent).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAh, words!&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t(Courtesy of Numbers the roach.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty US Senators signed a letter to the commissioner of football urging that the demeaning name &quot;Washington&nbsp;Redskins&quot; be changed. The team should have a name reflecting the dignity of Native Americans. What should it be? No doubt the Senators told &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/?p=1123\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielevanweiss.com\/BlogRoaches\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}