Protests Continue Against Washington Redskins Name

The controversy surrounding Washington Redskins name has continued after American indian groups protested outside Green Bay’s Lambeau Field before the NFL game on the weekend.

About two dozen people withstood the rain before Washington faced the Green Bay Packers, holding posters and handing out pamphlets to fans of both teams as they entered the stadium.

Green Bay officials earlier this week allowed the protestors to stand outside the stadium.

Some of the posters said, ‘Redskins refer to the scalps of my ancestors’ and ‘The R-Word is equal to the N-word’.

One poster placed Barack Obama over the team logo’s American Indian figure, with the text reading “Washington Blackskins. Yep, pretty RACIST.”

The protest comes on the back of a cause which has heated up in 2013, with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell writing to the United States Congress defending the name and its history.

Washington owner Dan Snyder has gone public with his desire to keep the nickname, but Goodell has backtracked on his earlier statements.

“Ultimately, it is Dan’s decision. But it is something that I want all of us to go out and make sure we’re listening to our fans, listening to people who have a different view,” the commissioner told a Washington radio station last week.

The protestors are also planning to attend Washington’s visit to the Minnesota Vikings in November.