All Time Most Offensive School Mascots: Pekin (Ill) Chinks

Elon University was known as the "Fighting Christians" for years before changing to the Phoenix.

I guess they thought they were still in the middle-ages.

Found this online:

"Pekin, a town in central Illinois not far from Peoria, is thought to be named for the Chinese capital. Its high school teams were the Chinks until 1981, when public sentiment forced a change to Dragons."

I first heard of the Chinks in the mid-60s and was astonished by the name... even then.

I guess Dragons is as safe as they come (hate to think what other options the town fathers in KKK country considered)

Northern Colorado was the "Fightin' Whites" for a long time, not anymore although I don't know the current name.

How about the Rhode Island School of Design Nads? Apparently chosen so that their cheers can rival the old Norfolk joke.

I did enjoy finding the Battling Bishops of both NC & OH Wesleyan University, who will join the Poets of Whittier and everyone's favorite Banana Slugs as "team names most difficult to get excited about".

Can I say that I've been offended by the meer existence of the Red Sox for years!

Opps... not a school

I am offended by the narrow minded thinking of people-- the Seminoles were not offended so why should we ?

I know no Irish individual that is upset that the Notre Dame teams are called the Fighting Irish


Now for a real dumb question--if the FSU people keep their Seminole heritage what do you tell the other schools on the list? A bit of selectivism here is there not !!!

Heck with the Criminoles. How about the Ragin' Cajuns??

One of my favorite mascot names (though not really offensive) would be Heidelburg (OH)University's "Student Princes."

Political correctness at it's worst!

Thank You LIBERAL'S!

TR ...

The article I read in our local paper said that the NCAA would look at each school on a case-by-case basis if the school wanted special dispensation. Last I read, the Illinois Illini and the Utah Utes are apparently building their cases now.

Now as for the topic ... can't think of anything more offensive than the Pekin IL mascot but I think one of the funniest in our area (Whittier's Poets may have been named by the same person) was the Laguna Beach Artists. The school recently changed its mascot to something more athletic ... can't remember exactly what it is ... but not without complaints and concerns from allumni. We used to chuckle trying to imagine what their baseball team wore to games ... a beret instead of a cap, a smock instead of a jersey, a very large paint brush in lieu of a bat, and gloves/mitts bearing a strange resemblance to a painter's palette.

So, Top Prospect, you're upset that the Pekin High mascot was changed from the "Chinks"?

Well, of course, the NCAA....that well-known left-wing bastion . As long as we're stereotyping....

Although I would never characterize myself as "upset", being of Irish heritage, I do find the stage-Irishman cartoon thing representing the "Fighting Irish" distasteful.

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Originally posted by P-Dog:
So, Top Prospect, you're upset that the Pekin High mascot was changed from the "Chinks"?

This reminds me of "Two Wongs make it White laundry service" and how Abercrombie screwed up so many times. I still have that shirt, by the way. Now AF has a special site for Californians who have complained before.

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Rhode Island School of Design Nads

They don't seem to have much of an athletic program but their bookstore sells shirts carrying the name "Balls"

https://www.risd.com/risd_store/rs_product_detailnew.cfm

So, is it Balls or Nads? ::

Can you top the Hoopeston CornJerkers for a HS name?
http://www.hoopeston.k12.il.us/

I see the nickname doesn't appear on the baseball uniforms
http://www.hoopeston.k12.il.us/buildings/highschool/sports/baseball/index.html

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I see the nickname doesn't appear on the baseball uniforms

Gee, I wonder why...

Hey, while at Bradley (we're still the Braves, for now), I did some work at Pekin High School. Watched them win a football game one night where their big offensive play was a quarterback sneak.

As a kid, I always thought the most offensive nickname was the Bleep-Bleep Bleeping Yankees. Figured that had to be their nickname; that's what everybody seemed to be calling them.

My son's team (The Doubledays) played a team with a mascot I wouldn't want to offend...The Batavia Muckdogs.

The school no longer exists, but at one time, in Saltville, Virginia, there were the Saltville High School.... Shakers!

Very pretty town by the way.