Slate Article Discloses Benign Origin of ‘Redskins

December 20th, 2013 4:45 PM
Slate published an enlightening piece on Wednesday in which journalist and author David Skinner revealed the true origin of the term “redskin,” which many liberal journalists have been crusading for NFL owner Dan Snyder to disavow. According to Skinner, the word originated with Native Americans as a self-descriptive term. He explained: