And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: Robert Eurich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An excellent May 19 article in support of change to the Anderson High Reds**** nickname (Cincinnati, OH) can be found at http://enquirer.com/columns/sullivan/1999/05/19/ts_anderson_wrong_to.html Tim Sullivan, the article's author can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Two other related articles can be found at http://www.cincypost.com:80/news/redskn051899.html http://enquirer.com/editions/1999/05/19/spt_heritage_tradition.html <clipped excerpt> Anderson wrong to keep 'Redskins' BY TIM SULLIVAN The Cincinnati Enquirer The Anderson High School Blockheads will not be budged. They are determined to hold their ground because progress is too painful. Inertia is always easier than change. Blockheads find comfort in consistency. You might object to the use of the term “Blockheads” here, but be assured that it is intended to honor the indomitable spirit and proud tradition of backward, racist morons in America. That tradition is reflected in Anderson's unwavering support of its Redskins, and particularly in its insistence on retaining that nickname in conflict with political correctness and common decency. The American Heritage Dictionary defines the word “redskin” as follows: “Offensive slang. Used as a disparaging term for Native Americans.” Webster's College Dictionary also concludes the term is offensive. Yet Michael Hall, Anderson's principal and self-appointed lexicographer, says the nickname is not offensive and, moreover, only one Anderson parent has complained. “There is no problem here,” Hall said Monday after the Forest Hills school board meeting. “These people want to make it a problem, but there's no problem here.” Herein lies a problem. A big problem. If school principals can be desensitized to terms that are patently offensive to some parts of the population, what sort of message are they sending? That racist terms are permissible if the target group is small? That cruelty is an acceptable alternative to consideration? That ignorance is preferable to enlightenment? <end excerpt> -- American Indian Sports Team Mascots http://www.geocities.com/~earnestman/1indexpage.htm "Little drops of rain wear away the greatest of stones." Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
