Corporate money, Black Lives Matter protests and elites’ opinion drove Redskins name change

Four years ago, I wrote an opinion article for The Washington Post that began, “It’s humbling to admit it, but Dan Snyder wins.”

The piece was in response to a poll by this newspaper showing that 9 out of 10 Native Americans were not offended by the Redskins team name, just as owner Snyder had insisted for years.

I felt chastened because I had written 10 previous Metro columns arguing forcefully for a change on grounds that the name is a racist slur. Continue reading.