Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Jun 09 2005
Unfortunate Terms: Redskins And Greenbacks
The push for a California Racial Mascots Act is on again. The Education Committee voted yesterday to recommend passage by a vote of 8-4 (with a referral back to Appropriations). At the present time there are 5 schools which would be directly affected by AB 13. I watched the committee proceedings on TV for awhile and was impressed by the presentations on both sides of this issue. Sports can really bring out strong emotions in people. It does seem ironic to me that the battle over what to call sports mascots and sports teams in schools is going on at the same time we're seeing school sports programs struggle just to keep going. I certainly don't want to see our American Indian (or any other) population insulted by racist mascots and names. We don't need to do that in order to have fun with school teams. But I hope the powers that be spend at least as much time and taxpayer money to keep school sports going in schools as they do on the issue of team and mascot names and images. I'd really hate to see the kids learn a sad lesson from all this. posted at: 08:51 | category: /Politics | link to this entry 09#6-9-05a
posted at: 07:51 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
The push for a California Racial Mascots Act is on again. The Education Committee voted yesterday to recommend passage by a vote of 8-4 (with a referral back to Appropriations). At the present time there are 5 schools which would be directly affected by AB 13. I watched the committee proceedings on TV for awhile and was impressed by the presentations on both sides of this issue. Sports can really bring out strong emotions in people. It does seem ironic to me that the battle over what to call sports mascots and sports teams in schools is going on at the same time we're seeing school sports programs struggle just to keep going. I certainly don't want to see our American Indian (or any other) population insulted by racist mascots and names. We don't need to do that in order to have fun with school teams. But I hope the powers that be spend at least as much time and taxpayer money to keep school sports going in schools as they do on the issue of team and mascot names and images. I'd really hate to see the kids learn a sad lesson from all this. posted at: 08:51 | category: /Politics | link to this entry 09#6-9-05a
posted at: 07:51 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
