CAIR took note Monday of the recent controversy surrounding the Arab mascot at Coachella Valley High School
(Dec 02, 2013 – Alhambra, CA)
The Council on American-Islamic Relations took note Monday of the recent controversy surrounding the Arab mascot at Coachella Valley High School, and the group’s Dec. 2 newsletter mentions the Moors mascot at Alhambra High School in L.A. County.
“Coachella Valley isn’t alone in invoking images of Arabs or Muslims,” CAIR’s American Muslim News Briefs began its summary of an Associated Press report. “In the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra, the high school football team, known as the Moors, features a caricature of a scowling, dark-skinned man with two swords on its Facebook page. Yasmin Nouh, a spokeswoman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in greater Los Angeles, said her group was going to speak with that school about making a change.”
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