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Monday, September 01, 2014

COACHELLA VALLEY RETIRES NEARLY 100-YEAR-OLD 'ARAB' MASCOT FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS

Coachella Valley High School has retired an Arab mascot the school has used since the 1920s, following complaints from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in November that the mascot was stereotypical and offensive.

At Friday's opening season opening football game, the "bearded, snarling mascot with a large hooked nose who wears a headscarf," was not present after nearly 100 years of its existence at the school, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The belly dancing genie which would normally appear during half-time was also retired.

The school's Arab mascot was created nearly a century ago as gesture of recognition towards the desert-like region's reliance on date farming, which is both a signature crop of the Coachella Valley and a traditionally Middle Eastern crop.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's just a mascot. Can't believe they caved under pressure!

Anonymous said...

Totally believe it

Anonymous said...

Oh by all means, lets all be politically correct and not hurt anyone's feelings, while they continue to cut off Americans' heads.

Anonymous said...

Political Correctness is becoming the downfall of the American way of life.

Many years ago, the "Spade" referred to a shovel and "Gay" referred to happiness - these words can no longer be used lest they offend a group of people!

Anonymous said...

I agree that no one should have to change the mascot for the reason it was changed. But seriously, who wants an Arab for a mascot anyhow?