Arfuld Reinberger, Yahoo! News
“I’m ecstatic that we can now move on from this racist
sports name. It’s about time,” said Running Raccoon of the Whinywhiny tribe. Sitting
with fellow tribe members at a local bar in Paso Robles, Raccoon continued to
celebrate and bought ‘firewater’ shots for everyone.
In response to the new law, many of the school football
teams have decided to change their name to ‘BrownSkins.’ Gloria Chavez, the Superintendent of L.A. County Schools, celebrated the law and changed a local
school football name to honor Gov. Brown. “We’re so proud that Gov. Brown has taken us
beyond early-20th Century racist sports names, and in honor of this
we're changing the affected schools’ mascots to the BrownSkins,” Chavez said.