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Natick tosses "Redmen": Should Raiders go too?

Townonline.com/Watertown
Tuesday, March 6, 2007

I've been keeping half an eye on the controversy in Natick over their high school mascot, the Redmen. Last night, the Natick School Committee dumped the name as racist.

Watertown High officials have de-emphasized the Indian connection to the mascot by shelving the "Red" in "Red Raiders" So should Raiders go too?

Here's a Boston Herald article on the subject, which mentions Watertown and has interviews with Watertown folks.

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