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DECADES-LONG DEBATE OVER ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL’S USE OF APACHE IMAGERY RESURFACES
VOL. 6, NO. 26
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Monrovia’s Inaugural Juneteeth Celebration Matters Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain, and more protests across the U.S. Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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or over 20 years, people have questioned Arcadia High School’s controversial choice of Apache imagery. The controversy began in September 1997 when members of a local Native American group — the same one that successfully lobbied the Los Angeles school board — came to an Arcadia school board meeting to denounce the use of the Apache as a mascot. In response, the Student Council began digging deep and yet, nothing changed. In the late 1990s, Native American activists threatened to sue Arcadia High School over its use of the mascot. Native American activists and many Arcadia community members viewed the high school’s use of Native American symbols — including an
“Apache Joe” mascot (which is no longer used), the Pow Wow school newspaper, the “Apache News” television program, the “Smoke Signals” news bulletin boards, the school’s auxiliary team’s marching “Apache Princesses” and opposing football team fans’ “Scalp the Apaches” signs — as being offensive. The school consulted with Native American groups and made some concessions but never changed the mascot. Perhaps now, in 2020 — the year of massive protests and change in the U.S. — another look at Arcadia High’s logo and name may be in order. In an era of radical racial division and discord, countless symbols of rampant racism, from Confederate statues to Aunt Jemima pancake syrup and Uncle Ben’s rice, are suddenly being knocked down or put into the national discusSEE DECADES-LONG DEBATE PAGE 10
riday, June 19, 2020, will be remembered as a milestone in cities across the United States, including Monrovia. Approximately 400 people attended the inaugural Juneteenth Celebration at Station Square Park early Friday evening. Poetry, music and voter registration tables garnered a lot of activity, according to organizers who were hoping to inspire young people to register for this significant and important November election. The people who attended the inaugural event came from all walks of life, ages and ethnicity. One man’s young daughter sported a t-shirt which read “Say it loud. I’m Black Cambodian and I’m proud.” while she danced to the music. The slogan harks back to the chant so familiar in the 1960s and ‘70s when “Say it loud. I’m Black and I’m proud.” became an anthem for justice for Black people in America. The mantra dates back to the late James Brown’s song, released in August 1968 — a mere few months after Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. was assassinated at the height of the civil rights movement. SEE JUNETEENTH PAGE 4
