Racist?

From the New York Daily News:
A California school district will continue to be refer to itself as the "Arabs" but is open to making some changes amid cries its school mascot is racist.
Coachella Valley Unified Superintendent Darryl Adams said at a school board meeting Friday night the Coachella Valley High School will keep the “Arab” mascot name but is open to discussing changes with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, according to The Desert Sun.
The committee sent a letter to the district on Nov. 1 asking them to change the name and the accompanying caricature of an arab man, which the committee felt was a gross stereotype....
The pictures painted at the school include a man with a large nose, heavy beard, and wearing a Kffiay, or traditional Arab head covering. During sporting events a student dresses as the mascot comes out to music, while a female dressed as a belly dancer entertains him, Ayoub said
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/high-school-arab-mascot-article-1.1519325
Personally, after 9-11, I would be shocked they kept the mascot.
And I would drop the mascot as many in the arab world are not worthy to have a mascot of them at a high school or other kind of school.
That's not true with every arab in the United States, but world wide, that's another story.