Raven Ziegler from Minneapolis protests the name nickname of the Washington team. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

Although Washington football team owner Dan Snyder created a charity to give money to Native American communities across the country, many still think that’s not enough, that Snyder should not continue to use a racist slur as the team’s name and change it.

Many people—including Native Americans, sportscasters, publications, politicians, and even President Barack Obama—have called on Snyder to consider changing the team’s name, and now a human rights expert with the United Nations joins that group. The AP reports that James Anaya—a UN expert on indigenous people’s rights—has joined the choir, saying that the team’s name is a “hurtful reminder” of Native American’s struggle and mistreatment throughout history. From the AP:

On Friday, James Anaya – a UN expert on indigenous people’s rights – urged Snyder to “consider that the term `redskin’ for many is inextricably linked to a history of suffering and dispossession.”

Anaya says “it is understood to be a pejorative and disparaging term that fails to respect and honor” Native Americans.

Ray Halbritter, spokesperson for the Oneida Indian Nation, which leads the “Change the Name” campaign said in a statement that “the United Nations is the latest to dispel the absurd claim by Washington’s football team and its owner Dan Snyder that the term [honors] Native Americans.” Halbritter added that the word is “widely recognized throughout the globe as a racial slur.”