Readers Point to Race as Reason for Cowboys Fans in Redskins Land

"Two readers offered an interesting theory for the number of Cowboys fans in Redskins territory, something that has puzzled us since receiving the data from DirecTV about displaced fans.

A reader named Sam wrote:

I have heard there are so many Cowboy fans in DC for racial reasons. The Redskins were one of the last teams to integrate their teams; the Cowboys were one of the first. So many African-Americans in DC rooted for the Cowboys over the Redskins b/c they are rivals and were on opposite ends of integration."

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