Letter: It’s not hard to quit using racial slurs

Redskin is a racial slur. It’s demeaning and hurtful — even Merriam Webster defines it as offensive.I have worked with, served with and acquired lifelong friendships with a number of Native Americans of many different tribes from the Navaho, Hopi, Paiute, Nez Perce, Shoshone, Havasupai, Ute and Lakota to name a few. Never have they referred to themselves or have I referred to them by that word. It's just not done.Something too often left out or forgotten from this dialogue is the Uta