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Erlidawn Roy writes 鈥淚 am not your mascot鈥� on the face of LacyJay Lefthandbull, 7, from the Apache, Pueblo and Lakota tribes, in support of House Bill 1165 at the state Capitol Monday. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post)

Re: “Colorado legislature debates bill concerning Indian school mascots,” March 24 news story.

As a cranky old white guy, I have little patience with politically correct causes, often dismissing them without consideration. The issue of using native American symbols and caricatures for sports teams has been somewhat more troubling to me, seeing both sides, but not feeling that it warranted the time and expense to change thousands of logos throughout the nation. Then I saw the picture of LacyJay Lefthandbull on your front page. Trump card. Anything that causes that child or her family pain should be addressed. The excuse that these names and pictures have decades of history is insufficient. The nation has centuries of history of calling African-Americans derogatory terms, but that hasn’t justified the continuation of a destructive practice. Pass the bill.

Carl Womble,Westminster

This letter was published in the March 26 edition.

We lived in Tallahassee, Fla., from 1989-91. Our church was host to Florida State University, with the athletic director, the head baseball coach and numerous professors as members. NCAA busybodies, like those in the Colorado House of Representatives, went after FSU’s mascot, the Seminole. In response, the chief of the Seminole nation filed a letter with FSU on the pride they feel as the symbol of the school. The state of Colorado might learn from this.

If political correctness prevails here, can PETA be far behind? After all the Buffalo, Ram and Bear cannot speak for themselves. So maybe one day the Colorado Gold will travel to play the Florida State Sun (until global warming fanatics decide Old Sol is politically incorrect).

JL Penfold,Greeley

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