Letter: Ignorance shouldn’t be an excuse to throw out tradition

In response to Rep. Joel Briscoe’s Dec. 3 opinion piece, reasonable alternatives to discarding Bountiful High School’s Braves mascot ought to be considered. He admits that he “knew next to nothing about the various ‘Indian’ signs and symbols that were being used to symbolize [the] school’s status as the ‘Braves.’”Ignorance shouldn’t be an excuse to throw out tradition. Native American braves are certainly something the school could emul