Welcome back to school! Your first assignment is to write about what you did over summer vacation. If you're a Minnesota school district, you may have spent that time coming to terms with a new state law that "bans public school districts from having any nicknames, logos or mascots tied to Native Americans."
Mike Thompson: Retiring offensive school mascots
It's past time to be done with them.
September 5, 2023 at 10:45PM
Signed last May by Gov. Tim Walz, the law gives schools until 2025 to get unanimous approval from Minnesota's 11 sovereign nations to keep to keep their Native American-themed mascot. Such mascots and logos are painfully out-of-step with 2023 America. Let's be done with them.
