[Blog editor's note. My apologies for the ugly reproduction. Two complete rewrites could not correct an inexplicable coding problem.]
As there may finally be some movement towards the DC NFL team erasing its racist name and images, it's important to remember that then-Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill more than six years ago that made it harder for communities and school districts to rid themselves of racist names and images.
As there may finally be some movement towards the DC NFL team erasing its racist name and images, it's important to remember that then-Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill more than six years ago that made it harder for communities and school districts to rid themselves of racist names and images.
On Race-Based Names, Walker Has No Conviction, Courage
As I'd predicted here, below more than once, Gov. Walker told the AP today he will sign (sorry, the original link to a Fox 11 story is dead) a bill to make it easier for Wisconsin school districts to retain race-based names, mascots and logos that stereotype Native American people.
Walker's signature rewards a right-wing GOP voting base where "compassionate conservative" is a slur, but fearing his signature would further validate his brag as "the original Tea Party in Wisconsin, “Walker cloaked his bill signing motives in a Tuesday Journal Sentinel interview with a mumbly-jumbly and preposterous civil libertarian charade.
Of course, the 'unintimidated' [sic] Walker signed the measure in private, said the AP:
The Republican measure requires a petition to trigger a state review of a nickname -- a departure from current law, which states a single complaint is enough to prompt an evaluation. It also wipes out all previous state orders for schools to drop race-based mascots.
Walker, a Republican, signed the measure privately Thursday afternoon.
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