BuzzFeed - The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has denounced the mascot as âorientalist stereotypingâ and asked the school to change it, the Desert Sun reports. A national anti-discrimination group is "appalled" that the mascot of Coachella Valley High School in California is a snarling, gold-toothed, heavy-bearded, hooked-nosed, headscarf-wearing Arab, The Desert Sun reported. mydesert.com The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee sent a letter to the school calling that the Arab mascot a "harmful form of ethnic stereotyping which should be eliminated." The ADC also started an online petition to get rid of the mascot. The school football team's nickname is also the Arabs and belly dancers join their cheerleaders during the halftime shows. mydesert.com The school also has murals like this one, of an Arab couple flying on a book. On the right, a logo for the school's library emerges like a genie from a lamp. The ADC called these "examples of gross stereoty
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