Editorial: It s time, Cambridge
Times Union Editorial Board
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THE ISSUE:
THE STAKES:
The contours of a debate in Washington County will be familiar to most.
On one side is a group pushing to retire the Indians name and mascot used by the Cambridge Central School District. The name, they say, is not just inappropriate but offensive.
On the other side is a group defending what it sees as tradition in a community where a depiction of a Native American man is part of the district’s logo and ubiquitous on school grounds. The name, some say, is about honoring a people and a culture.