Springfield High School, a high school in a small town in the rural Midwest, experienced a challenge in updating the name of their athletic team from the Redskins to the Redhawks. When individuals came forward arguing that the $$Redskin$$ name was offensive and not culturally sensitive$,$ there was significant backlash in the town. Students voted to change the name to the $$Redhawks$,$ replacing the $$Redskin$$ name. Although the school board approved the motion by a $5-2$ vote to change the name, community members, concerned with preserving the Redskin name recalled the five members of board who had supported the name change. This led to the two remaining board members holding a special meeting to change the name back to Redskins.

The state Department of Civil Rights and the state$$s Commission for High School Athletics interjected and told the board that a name change could not be reversed, leading to no name for the high school teams. During that time, new board members were elected, and after four years had concluded, students voted once again for the $$Redhawks$$ name. Despite the recognized change, a small contingency of adults still supports the Redskin name, selling merchandise using the old name.

QUESTION:

$1.$ Do you agree with the assertion the athletic team name should be changed? Why or why not?

$2.$ Describe how Ferdman$$s Model of Inclusion Practices $($Table $9\mathrm{.}4)$ worked in this case.

$3.$ What barriers to embracing diversity and inclusion did the school board and community experience in this case?

$4.$ By changing the name of the athletic teams, do you believe the school board was showing inclusive practices? If so$,$ which ones?