Should Canton High School change its nickname?
The answer is yes, according to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
The department said that high school nicknames—such as Chiefs for Canton High School—harms students’ education and asked the U.S. Department of Education to ban the use of American Indian mascots, nicknames and “imagery” at the high school level, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Canton was one of 35 high schools mentioned in the Michigan Department of Civil Rights’ complaint.
"A growing and unrebutted body of evidence now establishes that the use of American Indian imagery reinforces stereotypes in a way that negatively impacts the potential for achievement by students with American Indian ancestry," the department said in a filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
"Continued use of American Indian mascots, names, nicknames, logos, slogans, chants and/or other imagery creates a hostile environment and denies equal rights to all current and future American Indian students and must therefore cease."
What do you think? Should Canton High School change its nickname? Let us know in the comments below.
dangerous parts of a city!
All they are doing is calling on the $70 Billion wasteful Federal Government BULLY department to intimidate us to change. How does then name of the school mascot affect education anyhow? Would the school have to change its logo and all students need to buy more sprit wear, What about changing the slogan “Chiefs are Leaders”
Leave the names/logos alone.