Carpinteria to Retain Plains Indian Mascot (tags)
Last year, Elias Cordero, a Native American student of Carpinteria High School, began a campaign to have the school mascot changed. The image depicts a plains Indian with facial features that offend many Native Americans. On March 17, 2009, the school board voted to keep the mascot, but two items will be removed from the campus.
Racism and Intimidation in Carpinteria (tags)
CARPINTERIA, California - The small town of Carpinteria, California is the latest battleground in Native Americans’ fight against racism. The controversy over a supposedly “harmless” high school sports mascot has alienated the Native American population of Carpinteria, who have come to fear violent reprisals from the non-Native community.
Mascot Protest This Tuesday (tags)
Please join us to protest racist mascots in Fullerton on Tuesday, September 10, at 5PM. The protest will take place at the Fullerton Joint Union High School District Board Meeting, at 1051 W. Bastanchury Rd. (at the corner of Euclid and Bastanchury) in Fullerton.