'Day of Action' promotes CA. bill outlawing racial mascots
UCLA students watched the California Senate Education Committee approve the California Racial Mascot Act early Wednesday morning as the students prepared for a day of meetings and rallies meant to erase ignorance about the American Indian community. Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg (D-Los Angeles) authored the bill -- also known as the California Racial Mascot Act -- which calls for an end to the term "Redskins" in the team names and mascots of all California public schools. [more]