Do You Think Brother Rice Should Remain the Warriors?
The Bloomfield Hills private school — and it's legendary sports teams — say they won't go by any other name for the time being, despite recent calls for nationwide changes.
Brother Rice High School will continue the long tradition of having the 'Warriors' name and logo represent the school in athletics, despite some calls to drop the use of Native American imagery by schools across Michigan. Last week, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education, urging for a ban on such use of Native American names and imagery used by Michigan high schools. According to the Detroit Free Press, the department said that high school nicknames — such as Warriors — harms students’ education. "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…
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5:29 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013
Read the MDCR Supporting Argument. Not only will it answer many of your questions, it will explain how even good intentioned "heroic" are hurting students. It's not about whether its offensive - if it's harmful, then schools should put kids first. > http://michigan.gov/documents/mdcr/MDCR_2_8_13_Supporting_Argument_410857_7.pdf Or their whole package linked at: http://michigan.gov/mdcr/0,4613,7-… more ›