Offensive Mascots All-Purpose Thread

I don't think we have ever had an all purpose thread for this subject, but considering the Washington/Kansas City/Cleveland/Illini (Illinois) situations where their mascots come under fire, I thought having one might come in handy, particularly after seeing this item:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/forget-redskins-high-school-california-mascot-least-offensive-113535243.html

The item does not indicate how parents/teachers/students feel about the mascot (I had to wonder myself about how asking a HS girl to dress as a belly dancer for the mascot at half made the student feel....).

Any thoughts (of course there will be.....). Have at.

 

"We have been using the snarling face to instill fear in the opponent. That's what a mascot does.

This is tremendous. Good find.

Go Arabs!

 

The Frisco Coons say hi.

 

This one pains me a bit, but the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL



The logo and mascot are not very offensive -- they have polar bear and an overstuffed football with arms and legs as their mascots during games and promotional appearance -- but the name itself is deemed offensive, on the level of the Indians.

Also their play this season was extremely offensive to their fans.

 

That went away more than a decade ago. They're the Raccoons properly now (what the nickname meant to begin with) and they're now just one of (soon to be) eight high schools in that town.

 

My HS is called Tomahawks.

Offensive?