Assembly passes anti-slur bill for sports teams
What’s in a name?
William Shakespeare wasn’t the only person who has ever pondered that question.
Sports teams with names that some find insulting are finding themselves on the receiving end of heavy criticism these days.
The New York State Assembly unanimously passed a bill this week that condemns the promotion and marketing of dictionary-defined racial slurs as sports mascots. The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Karim Camara, chairman of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, was originally prompted by students in Cooperstown, New York who voted to stop using the term “Redskins” as the name of their school’s sports teams.