Posts Tagged ‘cultural appropriation’
Imitation game
13Oct22
If it’s “cultural appropriation” when you use a drawing of a Native American as a school sports logo, what is it called when you knowingly appropriate a logo design from another school? If you’re Ohio State University, you might call it “copyright infringement.” The endless saga of the Wakefield Warrior Logo just keeps going and […]
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Done Deal
28Jan21
Allow me to be the one to break the sad news. The Wakefield Warrior logo is history. Oh sure, the School Committee paid lip service Tuesday night to the lofty notion of having a “community-wide discussion.” But you didn’t need a degree in “English Language Arts” to read between the lines. There would be no […]
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