The football team the Washington Redskins should change their name. California State University, San Bernardino conducted a study on racial and ethnic perspectives and found that 67% of American Indians find the team name an offensive, disrespectful, and racist word for American Indian. The debate over the team name has been ongoing since at least 1972. When the team owner changed the name from Braves to Redskins in 1932 it was to avoid confusion with the Boston Braves baseball team, not to honor coach "Lone Star" Dietz, whose claims to be a Native American were false. There is no evidence the name was ever used to show respect. The fight song up until the 1980s included these lyrics: "Scalp 'em, swamp 'um; We will take 'um big score; Read 'um, Weep 'um, touchdown; We want heap more."
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