Mother Calls Neshaminy 'Redskins' Racist, Again
A Neshaminy School District resident and parent asks the school board to change school's 'Redskin' mascot and logo.
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." In a Patch poll last November, 77 percent of respondents said the Redskins mascot didn't offend them. What do you think? Leave a comment. School board President Ritchie Webb had told Boyle then at the end of the meeting that the …
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Stanley Esposito
8:57 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
Wow there are a lot of insensitive people here. How would it negatively impact us if they changed the name? Bottom Line Redskins is derogatory. Does it offend me? No Does it offend people in our community? Yes. I am not looking to offend anyone. more ›