Ypsi Bravery

Thank you to the four school board trustees who withstood hours threats, pleas, and ridicule (not to mention hours of specious logic) to do the right thing. As I said at the meeting, I hoped they would use their power to help the least among us, the invisible minority.

And they did: they voted to end the use of Native Americans as a mascot. Now Ypsilanti is in concordance with recommendations of the Michigan Association of School Boards, the Michigan Department of Education, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the U.S. Department of Education, the NCAA, and many other groups.

David, Cameron, Amy and Linda deserve mucho praise for their courage.

Thank you.