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Washington Post Editor Says Texas Rangers’ ‘Violent And Racist’ Name ‘Must Go’

Joseph Curl
Washington Post Editor Says Texas Rangers’ ‘Violent And Racist’ Name ‘Must Go’
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A Washington Post editor said Monday that the Texas Rangers team name “must go.”

On the same day that the National Football League’s Washington Redskins announced it would do away with its 93-year-old team name, Global Opinions editor Karen Attiah said that the Major League Baseball team must deal with “the violent and racist implications of its name.”

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