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| | Townhall.com :: Columns :: Home of the brave -- oops, scratch that by Debra Saunders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Yes, some of the group chants, such as the Atlanta Braves tomahawk chop and the Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo are hokey and stereotypical. |
 | | AB2115 lists names that "are always derogatory or discriminatory," and hence cannot be used: "Redskins, Indians, Braves, Chiefs, Apaches, Comanches, any other American Indian tribal name." (Fighting Irish need not apply.) Then the bill grants "an exception" for Native American tribal schools. |
 | | The bill also directs the state Board of Education and the California Postsecondary Education Committee to create and maintain a second list of names that "are derogatory or discriminatory when used in conjunction with a derogatory or discriminatory mascot." The law also instructs the panels to review names submitted to them by offended parties. |
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