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Professor Starnes
English 1301
June 12, 2016
Stereotypes Have you ever been offended from somebody that has called you something rude? Most likely the answering is yes. Most of the time it is because of stereotyping, color, and race. Well the Indians have been taking a stand and have been protesting over decades, possibly even longer about Indian team names and mascots in competition sports. A bunch of people, especially the Indian tribe have questioned that if some of the team names or mascots are appropriate or offensive. If people are arguing about this situation than should sport teams and mascots be named after Indian tribes?
In the article “Indians Mascots-You’re Out!” by Jack Shakely, the …show more content…
Jack Shakely’s ethos is that he and his family are Indian. His mom uses pathos when he comes back with a indian hat. As he mentioned in the article, “ My mother took one look at the cap with its leering, big-nosed, buck-toothed redskin caricature just above the brim, jerked it off my head and threw it in the trash. She had been fighting against Indian stereotypes all her life, and I had just worn one home.” It affects some people like Shakely’s mother. She had lived with racism all her life and didn’t want to see any more of it.
Another way he uses pathos is by making you feel that Indian mascots are bad to have as mascots because the way they are portrayed are like fools. Jack Shakely tells his experience “When I went to an Atlanta Braves game in the 1970s, the Braves name wasn't the biggest problem. It was that cringe-worthy Chief Noc-A-Homa who came stomping and war-dancing his way out of a tepee in center field every time the Braves hit a home run that got to me. He was dressed in a Plains Indian chief's eagle bonnet and acted like a village …show more content…
As he claimed in his article “It isn't easy or inexpensive to remove ethnic and racial stereotypes from college and professional sports. When Stanford University changed from the Indians to the Cardinal in 1972, recriminations were bitter. Richard Lyman, a friend of mine, was president of Stanford at the time. He said the university lost millions of alumni dollars in the short run, but it was the right thing to do.” Even though it might cost a lot to change the name of a team and it Nieto 3 also may not be very easy. It will show that the owner is considerate of the Native Americans and respects them.
Furthermore, this is not Jack Shakely first article about Native American, he has written more about his culture, which have been in many credible newspapers and articles. So Jack Shakely has a strong knowledge about his own culture and that is obviously being Native American. What Jack Shakely is trying to do is to protect and not give the culture a bad look. Just to respect every culture, race, ethnicity in every aspect of the
Professor Starnes
English 1301
June 12, 2016
Stereotypes Have you ever been offended from somebody that has called you something rude? Most likely the answering is yes. Most of the time it is because of stereotyping, color, and race. Well the Indians have been taking a stand and have been protesting over decades, possibly even longer about Indian team names and mascots in competition sports. A bunch of people, especially the Indian tribe have questioned that if some of the team names or mascots are appropriate or offensive. If people are arguing about this situation than should sport teams and mascots be named after Indian tribes?
In the article “Indians Mascots-You’re Out!” by Jack Shakely, the …show more content…
Jack Shakely’s ethos is that he and his family are Indian. His mom uses pathos when he comes back with a indian hat. As he mentioned in the article, “ My mother took one look at the cap with its leering, big-nosed, buck-toothed redskin caricature just above the brim, jerked it off my head and threw it in the trash. She had been fighting against Indian stereotypes all her life, and I had just worn one home.” It affects some people like Shakely’s mother. She had lived with racism all her life and didn’t want to see any more of it.
Another way he uses pathos is by making you feel that Indian mascots are bad to have as mascots because the way they are portrayed are like fools. Jack Shakely tells his experience “When I went to an Atlanta Braves game in the 1970s, the Braves name wasn't the biggest problem. It was that cringe-worthy Chief Noc-A-Homa who came stomping and war-dancing his way out of a tepee in center field every time the Braves hit a home run that got to me. He was dressed in a Plains Indian chief's eagle bonnet and acted like a village …show more content…
As he claimed in his article “It isn't easy or inexpensive to remove ethnic and racial stereotypes from college and professional sports. When Stanford University changed from the Indians to the Cardinal in 1972, recriminations were bitter. Richard Lyman, a friend of mine, was president of Stanford at the time. He said the university lost millions of alumni dollars in the short run, but it was the right thing to do.” Even though it might cost a lot to change the name of a team and it Nieto 3 also may not be very easy. It will show that the owner is considerate of the Native Americans and respects them.
Furthermore, this is not Jack Shakely first article about Native American, he has written more about his culture, which have been in many credible newspapers and articles. So Jack Shakely has a strong knowledge about his own culture and that is obviously being Native American. What Jack Shakely is trying to do is to protect and not give the culture a bad look. Just to respect every culture, race, ethnicity in every aspect of the