Controversial Apache Mascot Cancelled At KCK Arrowhead Middle School

We start Monday morning with a life lesson and quick question . . .

Given that NOBODY likes reading for leisure . . .  

Once all Native American imagery and iconography are removed from the discourse. How will we remember the first major inhabitants of the Americas?!?!

Museum trips are nice but they're not as much fun as sports. 

Let's make it clear, we're NOT arguing for mascots . . . The reality is that they're on their way out amid a cultural shift. 

Today's example . . .

As part of a district-wide review, the school board in Kansas City, Kansas, determined that at least one school needs to change mascots. Edwin Birch, a spokesperson for the district, said Arrowhead Middle School’s mascot, the Apaches, could contribute to the stereotyping of Native Americans as “aggressive or savages.” Birch noted that the Apache tribe is not local and that Arrowhead no longer uses imagery of the mascot.

More deets . . .

A spokesperson for the district said that Apaches are not from the region, and are a nomadic nation from the Alaska region, Canada and portions of southwest America.They also said that some names could stereotype Native Americans, and could portray them in a way that does not take them seriously.The district said that for Arrowhead Middle School, its mascot imagery has been used less and less, and changing to a new mascot could lead to increased usage.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Kansas City, Kansas, middle school to retire its Native American-themed nickname

As part of a district-wide review, the school board in Kansas City, Kansas, determined that at least one school needs to change mascots. Edwin Birch, a spokesperson for the district, said Arrowhead Middle School's mascot, the Apaches, could contribute to the stereotyping of Native Americans as "aggressive or savages."

Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools considers changing mascots

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools has plans to change the mascot of at least one school, citing that some school mascots may be "insensitive to other cultures." A spokesperson for the district said that Apaches are not from the region, and are a nomadic nation from the Alaska region, Canada and portions of southwest America.

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