The Washington Redskins NFL team says it will revise its name, seen as an insult to Native Americans , amid mounting pressure from sponsors in response to a national reckoning with racism.

"In light of recent events across the country ... the Washington Redskins are announcing that the team will undergo a thorough review of the team's name," according to an entity statement, which also noted that there have been "discussions internal ".

The FedEx shipping company directly requested the Redskins' nickname be withdrawn, according to the sports network ESPN, after the company paid more than $ 200 million for the name rights at the team's football stadium, which gives it a great influence.

FedEx, along with Pepsi and Nike , received letters this week from top investors, asking them to cut ties with the Washington team if the name is not changed. Nike has removed branded gear items from its product website.

Redskin is seen as a pejorative term for Native Americans, and would be considered taboo in daily speech. The name issue has been ongoing for years and peaked in 2014, when the Oneida tribe , a Native American people, directly asked FedEx to cut its sponsorship, although the campaign failed.

However, in recent weeks, as the United States has been rocked by protests of racism and police brutality, attitudes have changed and there is a growing movement for reform. "We have communicated to the team in Washington our request to change the name of the team," FedEx said in a statement released by local media.

Some schools in the United States have changed the names of their sports teams in recent years to get rid of the insults against native peoples, but the NFL team has so far resisted.

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