Recently, the Oregon Board of Education banned all Native American school mascots. Some schools could be striped of state funding if they don’t comply. The move was made in order “to provide a nondiscriminatory education and to clamp down on stereotypes.” Some of the affected schools have complained, citing that it will be very expensive to comply.
What do you think? Should all Native American mascots be banned from schools?
The measure will force at least 15 schools across the state to abandon the various chieftains, feathered horsemen and bow-and-arrow-wielding warriors that have adorned basketball backboards, gym floors and lockers for decades or longer. Schools that fail to make the change risk a loss of state funding. Some districts had complained that the change would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and go against generations of community tradition. But board members in a 5-1 vote Thursday concluded that those concerns were outweighed by the state’s obligation to provide a nondiscriminatory education and to clamp down on stereotypes.
Source: LA Times
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