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Folks in a central New York village want to keep the community's official logo, which appears to show a white man choking a Native American, even though critics call it racist.In a non-binding vote Monday night, residents of Whitesboro -- a village of about 3,700 in Oneida County -- voted 157-55 to not change their current seal. The Whitesboro website says the emblem dates to the early 1900s and depicts a friendly wrestling match between village founder Hugh White and an Oneida Indian.It says White won the match and the lasting goodwill of the Oneidas. "In 1963, the Seal was re-designed by local artist, Gerald E. Pugh, to commemorate the Village's Sesquicentennial," the town says on its website."In an article of the Observer Dispatch, written by Joe Kelly in 1977, a notice of claim was filed with the Village Board saying the seal depicts a 'white man choking an Indian' and said the seal demeans, disgraces and creates prejudice and distrust of Indian people," a statement on the "history" section of the town's website says.
