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- <title>
- Feb. 24, 1992: Nation Notes:Journalism
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Feb. 24, 1992 Holy Alliance
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 27
- Nation Notes
- JOURNALISM
- P.C. and the Sports Page
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Readers of the Portland Oregonian will soon notice a big
- change when they read the sports pages. Starting this week, the
- state's largest daily (circ. 354,000) will no longer publish the
- names or nicknames of sports teams that employ racial or ethnic
- stereotypes, such as the Braves, Redskins, Indians and Redmen.
- Instead it will refer only to the cities or states where they
- play.
- </p>
- <p> "The Oregonian is sensitive to the feelings of those in
- our society who are rightly offended today by names and
- nicknames that came into being when a majority in this country
- was insensitive to minority concerns," explains Oregonian editor
- William A. Hilliard. Such stereotypes "damage the dignity and
- self-respect of many people in our society." He hinted that the
- paper would not rule out the possibility that other team
- nicknames could be added to the banned list.
- </p>
- <p> Native Americans, who have long protested the use of the
- nicknames, applauded the newspaper's decision. "It's going to
- take things like this to keep this rolling," said Clyde
- Bellecourt of the recently formed National Coalition on Racism
- in Sports and the Media. "I'm really excited about something
- like this happening."
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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