Mascot /tags/mascot Mascot en-US Copyright © 2024 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:23:01 GMT Proposed state bill could affect Freeburg High School’s controversial mascot /education/2025-02-11/proposed-state-bill-freeburg-high-school-controversial-mascot Advocates have said Freeburg's mascot, the "Midgets” to be derogatory, objectifying and dehumanizing. A bill proposed in the Illinois General Assembly would ban public schools from using derogatory names for people with disabilities as mascots. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:23:01 GMT /education/2025-02-11/proposed-state-bill-freeburg-high-school-controversial-mascot Lexi Cortes Does Freeburg High School’s controversial mascot break federal law? This group thinks so /education/2025-01-15/freeburg-high-schools-controversial-mascot-break-federal-law Freeburg has been the “Midgets” for 90 years. Many people with dwarfism now consider the term a slur. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:39:43 GMT /education/2025-01-15/freeburg-high-schools-controversial-mascot-break-federal-law Lexi Cortes Amid The Kansas City Chiefs' Success, There Are Still Concerns About Its Controversial Traditions /culture-history/2021-02-05/amid-the-kansas-city-chiefs-success-there-are-still-concerns-about-its-controversial-traditions The Kansas City Chiefs are headed back to the biggest stage in football and, once again, protesters are calling out the team’s troublesome traditions that borrow from Native American culture. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 10:59:02 GMT /culture-history/2021-02-05/amid-the-kansas-city-chiefs-success-there-are-still-concerns-about-its-controversial-traditions Luke X. Martin