Coachella Valley High has used an Arab mascot since the 1920s, when the school unveiled a drawing of a lance-wielding horseman with a striped headscarf.

The bearded, snarling mascot has existed since the 1920s, but did not appear at Coachella Valley High School's season opening football game on Friday. Support for LAist comes from.

For 83 years, Coachella Valley High School has rallied behind a mascot with a snarling face, a hooked nose, a heavy beard and wearing a headscarf — the campus’ beloved Arab.

Some boosters at Coachella Valley High School in Thermal, about 30 miles southeast of Palm Springs, say the mascot is intended to honor Middle Eastern culture as a reference to the area’s date ...

After complaints from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee that Coachella Valley High School's Arab mascot was stereotypical, the school has changed the mascot's look.

The latest developments in the debate over Coachella Valley High School’s mascot, the Arab, will be announced Tuesday at a news conference with the district and a civil-rights group.

THERMAL (CBS/AP) — Coachella Valley High School has retired a controversial Arab mascot. The hook-nosed, snarling mascot who wears a head scarf did not appear at the school's season opening ...

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) recently sent a letter (PDF) to school district officials about the mascot at Coachella Valley High School, the Associated Press reported.

Coachella Valley High School is being pressured to abandon its mascot — the “Arabs” — by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, an anti-discrimination group based in Washington ...

(UPI) --The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee penned a November 1 letter asking the Coachella Valley Unified School District to change Coachella Valley High School's mascot, a cartoonish ...

Coachella Valley High School in Riverside County has retired its controversial Arab mascot following opposition from anti-discrimination groups. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire ...