Eric Zorn, in his column of July 16 supporting the school board`s permanent demise of the Redskin label at Naperville Central High School, just doesn`t get it.
If we agree with his demographic statistic about the one-tenth percent American Indian population living in Naperville, we readily appreciate the extreme magnitude of pandering by the board. It thus shouldn`t surprise Zorn that most Napervillians object to a decision made against their wishes.
Regarding the ” . . . right for a team or school to carry a name that is divisive and, to some, hateful. . . ”: Divisive to whom? ”Divisive” can`t possibly refer to the united majority of voters objecting to the name change. ”Hateful” can`t possibly refer to Naperville`s very few American Indians, some of whom may not care about this issue anyway.
It is obvious that Zorn and the school board are staunch members of the growing ”politically correct” cadre. In most cases, the countrywide direction of this ominous moment is the constant subordination of the needs and means of the many to the wants and (rarely) needs of the few. This alarming trend portends a country operating in a manner diametrically opposed to the one intended by its democratic founders.
