Coachella Valley High School Drops Controversial Arab Mascot

AP) ^ | August 31, 2014 7:27 PM

[BenLurkin]

The hook-nosed, snarling mascot who wears a head scarf did not appear at the school’s season opening football game Friday. A belly-dancing genie that often appears with the mascot was also retired.

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The Arab mascot has existed since the 1920s to recognize the desert region’s reliance on date farming, a traditionally Middle Eastern crop....

The school district refused to change the school’s “Arabs” nickname, but agreed to redesign the Arab face on the school logo.

[Westbrook]

How sensitive of them.
(must be said in a Brahman accent).

[cloudmountain]

Haha.
It must have been annoying to recall the mascot every time they pulled up to a pump to "fill'er up."

[Sybeck1]

Camel jockeys?

[yarddog]

There is an “Arab” Alabama. One of the prettiest girls I have ever seen was from there. Also an Arab, Florida tho it is just a place in the road.

[Flycatcher]

Did they have to change their school fight song too?

You know, Ahab the Arab...?

[BenLurkin]

I worked in the Coachella Valley one summer.

Unfortuantely girls there do not have bells on their fingers and bells on their toes.

And definitely no bone in their nose.

Oh ho.

[rockrr]

Just do like they did on South Park and name every team the “Roughriders”.

[BenLurkin]

Looks harmless to me.

[a fool in paradise]

I worked in the Coachella Valley one summer. Unfortuantely girls there do not have bells on their fingers and bells on their toes. And definitely no bone in their nose.

#RINGSONTHEIRNOSESATCOACHELLA

[BenLurkin]

Not locals.

I guaranty it.

[a fool in paradise]

Next thing you know Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs will be banned.

[BenLurkin]

[Slings and Arrows]

What a bunch of watch-cases.

[GeronL]

PC nonsense

[Graybeard58]

My local H.S. was the Pekin Chinks (Pekin, Il.) until P.C. forced them to change to the unimaginative, “Pekin Dragons”.

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/yoy.wav

[Veggie Todd]

Looks harmless to me.

Those girls walking with the mascot don't look harmless at all. 16 will get you 20.

[Slings and Arrows]

My local H.S. was the Pekin Chinks (Pekin, Il.) until P.C. forced them to change to the unimaginative, “Pekin Dragons”.

They should have adopted a male cat as their mascot - then they could be the Pekin Toms.

[ohioman]

I spent part of my childhood in Arab, AL on top of Brindlee Mountain. Cool place that will never be overrun with Muslimes.