Village Votes On Seal Showing A White Man Fighting An Indian

  • 8 years ago
Residents of Whitesboro, NY, are voting to decide whether to keep or change their controversial local seal which depicts the village’s founder, Hugh White, appearing to choke a Native American opponent.

Residents of an area in upstate New York called Whitesboro are voting on Monday to decide if their controversial village seal will be changed. 

The seal’s image depicts what appears to be a white male with a clenched mouth choking a Native American man with a defeated expression.

However, village officials maintain that, in the scene, Hugh White, the Caucasian founder of Whitesboro, was simply

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