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California: Law Bans Schools from Using R-dsk-ns as Mascot

HeadlineOct 12, 2015

And California has become the first state in the country to pass a law banning public schools from using the term R-dsk-ns as a team name or mascot. The law impacts four high schools and comes amid growing opposition to the name, which Native Americans say is a racist slur.

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