Neshaminy Resident Calls Redskin Mascot 'Racist'

Neshaminy School District resident and parent explained to the school board why the high school's mascot is racist Tuesday night.

Langhorne resident Donna Boyle said that she avoids going to Neshaminy High School despite having a son that graduated from the school and another son that will soon attend the school. The reason she avoids going there is because there is Redskin "paraphernalia" all over the school. Boyle has Native American ancestry and told the Neshaminy School Board Tuesday night that it is "common belief that the word redskin is not an offensive term." "I'm asking you to stop using it," she said of the mascot. She said that having the word redskin all over the high school is the same as putting the "n" word all over the school and asking African American families to come into the school. She also said that she doesn't have to go to the school to see …

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