HART'S TEAM MASCOT WON'T CHANGE ITS NAME.Byline: Eugene Tong Staff Writer NEWHALL - The Hart High Indians have been spared the ax by Sacramento lawmakers. The state Assembly approved a bill last week aiming to ban Native American-related mascot MASCOT - Modular Approach to Software Construction Operation and Test: a method for software design aimed at real-time embedded systems from the Royal Signals and Research Establishment, UK. names from California public schools, but only the name ``Redskins'' would be dropped if the proposal becomes law. Assembly Bill 858 now awaits passage by the state Senate and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature. If approved, it would require public school teams affected by the ban to find new names by Jan. 1, 2006. About five middle and high schools statewide use ``Redskins'' as their mascot. Hart High officials have said they were waiting for direction from Sacramento before reacting to the possible ban, though the district has gradually excised images and caricatures of American Indians American Indians: see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the; Natives, Middle American; Natives, North American; Natives, South American. from their sports uniforms and logos, opting instead for a red circled ``H'' adorned a·dorn tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns 1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" Ronald Firbank. 2. with feathers. Authored by Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg Jackie Goldberg (born June 16, 1937) is an American politician and teacher, and a member of the Democratic Party. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. , D-Los Angeles, the California Racial Mascots Here is a list of several known mascots: College mascots
But the hotly debated bill only passed the lower house 43-20 after Goldberg compromised to limit the ban to a name she said was the most ``egregious'' on the list. ``It's the oral equivalent of the N-word for African-Americans,'' Goldberg said. The Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. enacted its own ban of American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. mascot names more than two years ago. Goldberg, who pushed for similar legislation last year before it was narrowly defeated in June, hopes future lawmakers would expand the ban. ``Nobody gave up on civil rights just because they failed to get everything the first time,'' she said. Eugene Tong, (661) 257-5253 eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Members of Hart High School's baseball team practice Monday in front of their ``Indian'' mascot name. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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