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  • Not all Indian likenesses are racist

    03/03/2009 4:40:07 PM PST · by SJackson · 31 replies · 606+ views
    The issue: A proposal to give the state school superintendent the authority to ban Indian nicknames and logos in schools. Our view: Education and dialogue are working; local school districts don't need an edict. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the saying goes. To some degree the same applies to racism. The issue is the long-standing debate over whether American Indian nicknames, logos and mascots are racist. State Rep. Jim Soletski, D-Green Bay, apparently believes so, and he has proposed a bill to make the state superintendent of public instruction judge and jury with the power to fine...