Identity Politics

Read this great column by George Will in today’s L.A. Times concerning the NCAA’s attempts to force college and universities to change their sports team names reflecting anything American Indian (and I use the term “American Indian” intentionally because as one having a Cherokee heritage I know that most tribes prefer the term “American Indians” rather than “Native Americans).
Here is a bit:
“In 2002 Sports Illustrated published a poll of 351 Native Americans, 217 living on reservations, 134 living off. Eighty-one percent said high school and college teams should not stop using Indian nicknames.”
Read it all.