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  • NY schools banned from calling teams Warriors, Chiefs, Braves, using Native American mascots

    04/18/2023 5:23:57 PM PDT · by Ciaphas Cain · 79 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 18, 2023 | Carl Campanile
    Public school teams in New York will soon be barred from calling themselves names like the Warriors, Chiefs, Redmen or Braves following a Tuesday ruling by Albany education honchos. The Board of Regents, which presides over the state’s education department, voted to phase out Native American-related nicknames as part of a politically correct national effort to scrub racially insensitive imagery from sports teams. Nearly 60 school districts will be required to “eliminate” all use of Indigenous-related mascots and imagery by the end of the 2024-2025 school year, or risk losing state aide, board members unanimously ruled. The new ban, supported...