Washington State to Schools: Replace Native American Mascots

Washington schools with Native American mascots are being urged to drop references to Totems, Warriors, Braves, Redskins and the like after the Washington State Board of Education passed a resolution last week. According to ABC News, the resolution is similar to one passed by the board in 1993 and cites research conducted by Stephanie Fryberg, a member of Tulalip Tribes in Washington State and an associate professor of Social and Cultural Psychology at the University of Arizona.

According to ABC's report: Fryberg and the American Psychological Association presented their research on the psychological consequences of using Native American mascots before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in May, 2011. Other findings include an increased achievement gap between Native American[s] and other students and negative effects on race relations in the United States.

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