Native Americans in Today’s Sports
The use of Native American culture, beliefs and tradition in the form of popular sports team names and mascots can be viewed as proof of the continuing racism against this particular ethnicity. There are those who view the racism and stereotyping involved, and the unwillingness to correct it as a torture of the fact that the culture doesn’t understand the horrific impact Native iconology use can have on Native peoples in the United States. In the United States, there are exactly five professional sports teams and about thirty-five teams using Native iconology in both football and baseball. Considering that teams do not utilize mascots or team names representing other minority races such as African American,
The use of Native American culture, beliefs and tradition in the form of popular sports team names and mascots can be viewed as proof of the continuing racism against this particular ethnicity. There are those who view the racism and stereotyping involved, and the unwillingness to correct it as a torture of the fact that the culture doesn’t understand the horrific impact Native iconology use can have on Native peoples in the United States. In the United States, there are exactly five professional sports teams and about thirty-five teams using Native iconology in both football and baseball. Considering that teams do not utilize mascots or team names representing other minority races such as African American,