Addressing a "dated" California icon: Los Angeles school to hold debate on controversial Arab mascot
Los Angeles's Coachella Valley School will be holding a meeting this week to "Address the Arab," the longtime mascot of the US high school that is receiving national ridicule for its perpetuation of stereotype against Arabs and Arab Americans.
![Coachella Valley High School’s mascot dances to the band during a pep rally at the school in Thermal, Calif. [Associated Press]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/mascot.jpg?itok=QS2eSZnD "Coachella Valley High School’s mascot dances to the band during a pep rally at the school in Thermal, Calif. [Associated Press]")
