Perhaps they could change it to the Coachella Valley Jews!

[Alinvegas]

Would that please the Arabs?

Hot on the heels of the Washington Redskins name controversy, an Arab-American advocacy group wants a California high school to abandon its decades-old sports mascot and associated imagery on the grounds it offensively stereotypes Arabs.

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is unhappy with the Coachella Valley High School’s “Arab” mascot – the name, the logo, half-time shows that feature an “Arab” figure and a belly dancer, as well as Arabian Nights-styled wall murals including one depicting an Arab man and woman using a book as a flying carpet.

“ADC is appalled at the use of a caricature depicted to be an ‘Arab’ as the official mascot of the high school,” ADC legal and policy director Abed Ayoub wrote in a Nov. 4 letter to Coachella Valley Unified School District superintendent Darryl Adams.

He observed that the mascot logo “depicts a man with a large nose, heavy beard, and wearing a kaffiay [keffiyeh], or traditional Arab head covering.”

“ADC understands the context in which the nickname was initially selected,” Ayoub wrote – apparently a reference to the valley’s history as a prime date-growing region, dating back to the early years of the 20th century.

“However, in the 21st century, such justifications for these actions are no longer tolerable.”

- See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article...sed-drop-its-arab-mascot#sthash.TG1NlWQc.dpuf

 

[GordonGecko]

Is the "Nevada Rednecks" available?

 

[Alinvegas]

Is the "Nevada Rednecks" available?

Prolly so, since we don't have any in the state.

 

[marvin martian]

How about the Politically Correct Pussies?

 

[Alinvegas]

How about the Politically Correct Pussies?

Uh. I think you're on to something there.

 

[connieb]

Would that please the Arabs?

Wait a minute, Al... repost this in a few minutes... I have to tune my violin and get ready to play the sad melody that surely must accompany a post about such a serious injustice.

connie

 

[UPNYA2]

Would that please the Arabs?

No, in the coming years anything that can be linked in any way to any particular race, sex, sexual orientation, phobia, etc. will come under fire. What everyone should do right now is get out front on this and sew up the coolist totally neutral in every fashion nicknames.

When we get everyone completely neutral as beings next we will have to get shed of any "mean", "threatening or "dangerous" mascots. Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh MY!

They need to go ahean and select something they can keep for a while before libs make them change it again. Something like the Earthworms or jellyfish should be neutral enough. (Although to be fair jellyfish CAN hurt people sooooo...)

 

[UPNYA2]

Is the "Nevada Rednecks" available?

Yep.

And the good news for YOU is that there is not ONE of your loony libby victimhood sub-sets of our society that constitute your dim voter base whom that would offend, (what with each of them suffering from that whole, "Woe is ME, and ONLY ME, syndrome and all), so the name could be used FOREVER!