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Pekin, Illinois used to call their team the Chinks. It was changed in 1980 to the Dragons after national uproar.





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Until 1975, a Chink and Chinklet ceremony was held before athletic games. A boy and a girl dressed in Chinese attire would walk onto the basketball court to greet a member of the opposing cheerleader squad in the center. They would bow and then escort the opposing squad off the floor.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6f8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j80FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1791%2C2109171

The "Chinese attire" was the coolie hat. They also had a mascot at football games who would dance around and bang a gong whenever the Chinks scored. :smith:

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