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Chief Illiniwek is gone as the mascot of the Fighting Illini. So America moves on its search for ethnic stereotypes that are still safe from attack by the politically correct. How about this for the Illini? It's that mascot of Coachella Valley High School, proudly advertising itself as "Home of the Arabs."

Here's my favorite implementation of this delightful and flexible imagery -- the fuming warrior is replaced by a suave shiek, leaning up against a palm tree playing the sax (which most people don't know is of ancient Islamic origin, developed originally as a club or truncheon).

I took this photo in Thermal, California, near Palm Springs.

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