Persuasive Essay On Native American Mascots

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I think it is okay to use native american mascots as long as they are not racist. Three examples of native american sports teams would be the Cherokee Braves, Florida State seminoles, and the Washington Redskins. The Cherokee Braves are a (high school) sports team and the florida state seminoles are a (collegiate) sports team and the Washington redskins are a (NFL) football team. These teams all have to do with native americans. The NCAA is threatening to shut down or stop all sports teams that has anything to do with native americans due to racism. I do not think that they should because it isn't fair to them because they're not the ones being racist about it. The people who are being racist are everyone who is not a native american indian. …show more content…
Then there are some who just do not like native american indians. Every person may look different but everyone is the same and everyone should be treated with the same respect as everyone else. No one is greater or less than another person. I think that the NCAA should not be allowed to shut these teams down and I think that people should not be racist to native americans. I say that because it is not nice and is not fair to them. It is not just native americans that go through this, it is others to like people from different countries and african americans and so many more races. They are also making racist cartoons and racist clothing apparel that has to do with native americans. One of the articles that I read about said how many people would know a native american if they saw one without being told? The article is saying that they are better than the native americans and that they do not matter. Everyone in the world is equal to one another. There is no one greater than anybody. People need to wake up and understand that there all the same on the inside and that it doesn't matter what they look like on the

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