Colorado Lawmakers Use Slideshow With N-Word When Pushing Bill For Native American Mascot Ban

[KamaAina]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/colorado-native-mascot-ban_n_6951338.html

Two Colorado representatives upset fellow lawmakers this week when they presented a slideshow filled with racist images and slurs at a House Education Committee meeting. Democratic Reps. Joe Salazar and Jovan Melton presented the images in an effort to convince others to vote for a bill that restricts the use of Native American mascots in schools, according to The Denver Post.

The lawmakers projected the slideshow onto statehouse walls. Their aim was to point out the hypocrisy of allowing Native American mascots in schools when other racist images are considered unacceptable, the outlet said. ...

“I was offended by how they used the N-word to describe people that look like me,” Fields told HuffPost. “I don’t think those terms have a place in the capitol.”

She continued, “One of my colleagues actually used the actual N-word … with an image of what an ‘N’ would look like, I guess."

[Buzz Clik]

1. For the love of god.

[It is Tuesday]

2. It does appear Salazar has a foot-in-mouth disease

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/rep-joe-salazar-apologize_n_2716653.html