Sunday, May 20, 2012


Oregon bans Native American mascots in schools



It's perfectly obvious  that schools use these names because they admire the strength and toughness of the tribes concerned.  Only a Leftist could see critcism in such names
Eight Oregon high schools will have to retire their Native American mascots after the Board of Education voted Thursday to prohibit them, giving the state some of the nation's toughest restrictions on Native American mascots, nicknames and logos.

The 5-1 vote followed months of passionate and emotional debate about tolerance and tradition.

The schools have five years to comply with the order or risk losing their state funding. Another seven high schools identified as the Warriors will be allowed to keep their nickname but will have to change mascots or graphics that depict Native Americans. An unknown number of elementary and middle schools also will be affected.

The ban doesn't apply to colleges, but none in Oregon have Native American mascots after Southern Oregon University and Chemeketa Community College dropped them.

Since the 1970s, more than 600 high school and college teams across the country have done away with their Native American nicknames, including 20 in Oregon.

Critics say Indian mascots are racist, contending they reinforce stereotypes and promote bullying of Native students. Supporters say the mascots are a way to honor Native American history, evoking values of strength and bravery.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really doubt an accurate representation of modern Natives would be appreciated either. Maybe all reference to natives should be shut behind the dusty history books and we can start to forget they ever existed at all?

Bird of Paradise said...

Its geting out of hand, Before long they go after pratorail animal names becuase it offends some wanktards from PETA

Anonymous said...

Maybe every high school in America should just call themselves the PC's. They can then have some liberal wanktard draw up some perfectly nondescript logo, and then we can ensure every game ends in a tie.

Go Away Bird said...

And it all began with STANFORD way back in the 70s

Anonymous said...

"Only a Leftist could see critcism in such names"

that's a rather broad claim.

Anonymous said...

what about visiting teams from out of state? lol. Banning names seems so liberal.

Anonymous said...

anon 2:00, it's apparently true though...