On May 17, 2021, Dickinson's high school baseball team was taken in the blog game of Williston, North Dakota. Kelsey Vamis / Insider  About the use of mascot names and images is considered to be an offensive debate often captured the country headline news, but this one of this discussion is very concerned.
 The word "gnome" who used to describe the short body is still used as a mascot for at least five central and western towns, although advocates are developing it.
LPA, a non-profit organization provides a shorter to support the body and its family has been pushed to end the word, including mascots. Organization representatives and schools hired by the term, but not always leading to changes.  
Now, with more school ditches, the United States mascots, and inequality last summer after considering the race, LPA hopes that its continued propaganda will be changed from the past than the past.
This word "gnomes," or M-Word, according to LPA, it is considered to be inextricably used, and 8,000 members include small characters and people with high height. One survey of the group found 90% of the members of the group, should not refer to Gnitness.  "The pygmy community has expressed them more willing to be called dwarfs, small characters, people, short body or dwarf, or simply, or optimally, through their name,"
LPA has been visited by the school. Although the big popularity has put forward some of these efforts to answer. In 2015, LPA visited the free fortune And held a press conference. During this period, they held more than one application and urged the school to change their mascots.  Kraus said they have dialogue for M-Word if mascot changes So what is the significance of the residents of the small people and the town.
Krus Kruz said, changing behavior may take time, Things are better than they have passed. For example, in 1996, when the three members of the Dickinson School Committee decided to dig the mascot, they were chased after the community was in. At that time, it was called "politician" correct school board. "