Houston school board to vote on Native American mascots, 'Redskins'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Houston school board to vote on Native American mascots, 'Redskins'

BY ANDREA LORENZ
HOUSTON Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:03pm EST

(Reuters) - The Houston school board will vote on Thursday whether to stop using mascot names such as "Redskins" that reference Native American culture and have been called offensive by advocacy groups.

The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is one of the largest in the United States and its decision could influence other school systems that are reconsidering mascot names which may be inappropriate.

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Native Americans and others have long derided the Redskins moniker as racist.

The Houston vote will be taken for four schools: The Lamar High School Redskins, the Hamilton Middle School Indians, the Welch Middle School Warriors and the Westbury High School Rebels. The "rebel" name has been seen as a reference to the Confederacy during the Civil War.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-usa-texas-redskins-idUSBRE9BB0ZL20131212

[MADem]

1. I say, if they want to keep the REDSKINS name, make them change their LOGO to THIS:

Their cheering squad could say stuff like

One potato, two potato, three potato, four!
Run like hell and score, score, score!!