More On Native American Mascots & Oregon High Schools II

I am beginning to wonder if it's too late for Susan Castillo to get some buy-in when it comes to the recommendation to eliminate Native mascots and logos:

“We certainly heard from the superintendents loud and clear that they think this needs more discussion and more time,” said Gene Evans, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Education. “They weren’t ready to accept the proposal made by the advisory team. I think there was a lot of opposition.”

Superintendents said they want to bring the question to their communities. The results of those conversations will be gathered for further study by the committee, Evans said.

I'm thinking there is and will be a ton of resistance to this idea at the community level.

Also, there is this:

Some superintendents asked about other nationalities used by Oregon high school teams, such as the Fighting Irish, and whether they should also be concerned about criticism from animal protection groups regarding animal nicknames.

Part of me wants to say that this is evidence that whoever asked this question doesn't get why Native mascots and logos are a bad idea.

The other part of me is thinking about how lawsuit-conscious superintendents must be these days.

But I think the majority of me is the former - that asking the question suggests a failure to try and really comprehend why anyone would be upset in the first place.

In any case, from this commenter, here is the Powerpoint presentation that Che Butler gave. It's pretty darn good.

In fact, let me show you one slide: