“Students in Oklahoma City on Wednesday protested a high school’s decision to change its Redskins mascot.
Several hundred Capitol Hill High School students demonstrated outside of the high school, with some defending the mascot that the city school board this week decided to drop, reports KOKH-TV. The students said they were upset they weren’t consulted about the change.”
Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/10/capitol-hill-high-redskins_n_6304078.html
Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian), Ben Mankiewicz (http://www.twitter.com/benmank77) and Gina Grad (http://www.twitter.com/ginagrad) of The Young Turks discuss. Do you think the student should have a voice in this decision? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
Comments
If Native Americans didn’t ask for the change then why should we change the name? Jeez it just seems like common sense. Let’s quit worrying about political correctness and start worrying about things that actually matter. I’m a conservative libertarian and I can not help but ask…what does the term “Redskin” have anything to do with the overall well-being of this nation?
I think you should care more about what people under 18 think and some things should be up to us. I’m 16 and I don’t agree with their protest in any way, but as one of the only liberal students at my high school i think it’s important to be heard for the sake of the future of the nation. My school’s literally crawling with little Rand-Paul-drones