By Anna Lombardi
(La Reppublica)
They said goodbye to their name, to their mascot, and it is now the turn of their cheerleaders: the traditional cheerleaders must make way for the first mixed “dance team” in the United States, a dance troupe. open to both men and women.
We no longer stop the football team known until last season as the Redskins, in its process of renewal, yet long considered the most conservative in the country, and for good reason: it was the last to integrate African-American players - in 1962 and only because President John Fitzgerald Kennedy threatened her with legal action - and her trainer George Allen, in the 1970s, had to ask Richard Nixon not to flaunt too much. his commitment to the team, lest the referees whistle fouls for political reasons.
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