A quest to ban the 'R-word' from a high-school newspaper nets national attention

From Columbia Journalism Review Tue Jul 15 2014, 19:50:00

By Dave Warner Jackson Haines and Gillian McGoldrick say their high-school paper will no longer print the word "Redskin." (Photo credit: Dave Warner) One woman ignited a controversy that has embroiled a suburban Philadelphia high school newspaper staff, student body, administration, and the community. All the tumult is over a single word: Redskins. Donna Fann-Boyle, part...

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