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marmar

(76,982 posts)
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 07:56 PM Nov 2013

Calif. high school will keep 'Arabs' nickname






THERMAL, Calif. – School officials in Southern California say the "Arabs" name is here to stay, but the divisive costumed mascot that represents them may be changing.

The Coachella Valley Unified School District held a special meeting Friday night to address the recent dustup over the Coachella Valley High School Arabs and their bearded, snarling mascot who wears a headscarf.

Superintendent Darryl Adams said changing the "Arabs" name used since the 1920s by the school in this town east of Palm Springs is off the table, the Desert Sun reported.

"It is a name we will keep," Adams said during the board meeting. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.msn.com/us/calif-school-to-keep-arabs-name-may-change-mascot



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Calif. high school will keep 'Arabs' nickname (Original Post) marmar Nov 2013 OP
WTF! Pure bigotry. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #1
"A mascot chosen to show reverence and honor for the customs of prideful Middle Eastern peoples..." uppityperson Nov 2013 #2
"Prideful." Igel Nov 2013 #4
Good lord! Look at that insulting mascot! Would Daryll Adams, the African American tblue37 Nov 2013 #3

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
2. "A mascot chosen to show reverence and honor for the customs of prideful Middle Eastern peoples..."
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 08:01 PM
Nov 2013

"A mascot chosen to show reverence and honor for the customs of prideful Middle Eastern peoples throughout our region"?

WTF?

Igel

(35,191 posts)
4. "Prideful."
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 08:26 PM
Nov 2013

Not usually a positive term.

Unless in the right context, if applied to me--and especially to my ethnic group--I'd be offended. Unless we really were prideful.

tblue37

(64,979 posts)
3. Good lord! Look at that insulting mascot! Would Daryll Adams, the African American
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 08:07 PM
Nov 2013

superintendent, feel comfortable about defending a team called the "Africans" or the "Blackskins," especially if the mascot happened to be the embodiment of one of the most insulting stereotypes thrown up by a racist culture?

I do not understand how people can be so darned oblivious. Sure, it's tradition, but so was segregation, and before that, so were slavery and, in parts of the country, lynching.

Here is the superintendent (Sorry about the size of this image. I don't know how to reduce images! ):

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