Move Underway To Scrap Lane Tech “Indian” Mascot. Could Blackhawks Be Next?

Move Underway To Scrap Lane Tech “Indian” Mascot. Could Blackhawks Be Next?

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Chicago’s biggest public high school, Lane Tech, is setting the wheels in motion to change the school’s “Indians” mascot, after a push from alumni that called it “wrong and racist.” Reset hears from an alum — who once played the mascot role at Lane Tech — on why he thinks it’s time for a change. We also take a look at why other potentially offensive mascots in Illinois sports haven’t gone anywhere, and what it would take.