{"id":26961,"date":"2020-07-14T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-york-lawmaker-pressuring-schools-to-remove-race-based-team-mascots\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T18:04:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:04:00","slug":"new-york-lawmaker-pressuring-schools-to-remove-race-based-team-mascots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-york-lawmaker-pressuring-schools-to-remove-race-based-team-mascots\/","title":{"rendered":"#New York Lawmaker pressuring schools to remove \u2018race-based\u2019 team mascots"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New York Lawmaker pressuring schools to remove \u2018race-based\u2019 team mascots<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 14, 2020 |<\/span> 11:04am <\/p>\n

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\n A state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would pressure New York schools to remove team names, mascots or logos deemed racially offensive \u2014 such as those with Native-American symbols and lineage.<\/p>\n

The measure from state Sen. Peter Harckham (D-Westchester) would require schools to remove any \u201crace-based mascots\u201d within three years \u2014 or lose state funding. Perhaps anticipating a firestorm of criticism, he said Tuesday he\u2019d amended the bill to remove the funding threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can no longer simply dismiss the idea that school or team nicknames and mascots are innocuous and do not hurt or offend other people,\u201d said Harckham.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact is, many mascots are grounded in, or borne from, a systemic racism that does not mesh with the democratic values we share and seek to protect. It\u2019s time we hold honest, respectful conversations and public hearings aimed at understanding what\u2019s wrong with these kinds of mascots and why they should be retired.\u201d<\/p>\n

His initial bill memo said: \u201cAdopting this legislation would provide schools three years to remove any race-based mascots or they lose state funding. This timeframe will allow school districts time to budget these changes. As we look into the future of NYS it is vital that we discontinue these racial and insensitive practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are more than 100 schools in New York State whose sports teams are named after Native-Americans \u2014 such as The Indians, Chiefs, Arrows and Red Raiders, Harckham said.<\/p>\n

The issue has raged for decades after former state Education Commissioner Richard Mills pressured schools to change their Native-American mascots. The defunct Brooklyn Canarsie High School\u2019s teams were called The Chiefs.<\/p>\n

Harckham\u2019s bill comes as a National Football League team \u2014 the Washington Redskins \u2014 announced that it\u2019s changing the name of the pro team following years of criticism that its demeaning to Native-Americans.<\/p>\n

But Harckham\u2019s Republican opponent in the general<\/a> election, former two-term Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, accused him of pushing a tone-deaf, petty and punitive bill during a killer pandemic.<\/p>\n

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\u201cParents have enough concerns about getting their children safely back into the classroom without having to worry about their schools being shut down over political correctness run amok,\u201d Astorino said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut even more than that, this knee-jerk legislation calls into question the priorities of our state elected officials, namely Pete Harckham. With all the challenges facing us as New Yorkers \u2014 with all the economic suffering middle- and working-class families are experiencing \u2014 this is the bill Senator Harkham introduces? It\u2019s downright embarrassing, and he should know that.<\/p>\n

\u201cInnocuous school mascots are nowhere on my list. There\u2019s real work to be done,\u201d Astorino said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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