Mother Calls Neshaminy 'Redskins' Racist, Again

At the April school board meeting, Langhorne resident Donna Boyle, who has Native-American ancestry, asked the school board to change the “Redskins” mascot, reports buckslocalnews.com.

In November, Boyle had also pled her case to Neshaminy board members that it is "common belief that the word redskin is not an offensive term."

In tears at the podium, Boyle, who has a son who graduated from the high school, said, "this is something I deal with every day and I don’t think my child should have to deal with it too."

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School board President Ritchie Webb had told Boyle then at the end of the meeting that the school board is not ignoring her, but they need time to look into the issue before they get back to her about it.

Well, on April 9, she restated her position to board members, saying the school would survive a mascot change, the report states.

After the meeting, Webb said that the board eventually will discuss the issue, but said the “vast majority of the community” he has spoken with does not want to change the name. “[Boyle] finds it very offensive,” Webb told buckslocalnews.com, “but I don’t think a majority of the people do.”

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'Redskins' name change controversy surfaces again at Neshaminy School Board meeting