Mascot

their controversial Native American Mascot. While many other sports teams, from elementary schools on up to college and professional teams, have names with roots in Native American culture, the Redskins have recently come under fire. Native American groups have targeted the team, claiming the name is “offensive” and “racist,” and have peppered them with letters, lawsuits, commercials, and even social media campaigns to coerce them into changing their name and mascot. In 2005, the NCAA (National…

Native American Team Names and Mascots There are many people who consider some sports team names or mascots to be offensive. They want those teams who have names or mascots that relate to Native Americans to change their name to a more proper name. Who says these names are improper, and who actually takes offense to these names? Many teams have had their names and mascots criticized for being “offensive” to Native Americans. Team names like the Washington Redskins, the Cleveland Indians, the…

Indian Mascots- You’re Out! The article “Indian Mascots- You’re Out” written by Jack Shakley in August 2011 and published by the LA Times. Shakley argues that Indians mascots are making fools out of the race and that mascots with Indian names should be banned. The author feels like his race is being humiliated. In the article “Indian Mascots- You’re Out” the author Jack Shakley talks about his times growing during Indian stereotypes. The author wants to prove whether or not Native Americans…

Indian Mascot Issue By: Elizabeth M. Delacruz According to Racism American Style and Resistance to Change: Art Education’s Role in the Indian Mascots by Elizabeth M. Delacruz says that the use of Indian Mascots it is not educational but rather discriminative. This affects the Native Americans, children, and even the community. Discrimination against people is used daily but it is how you use it that makes it effective. My position is that Native Americans should not be treated as mascots…

What do you think of the word Redskins? Redskins is the name given to the Washington DC football team to represent a Native American mascot. This topic has been controversial for years now as the term is discriminating against Native Americans. Many have agreed upon the NFL dropping the name. Yet, some believe that the name gives respect to the Natives and wants to keep the name as showing honor to them. Although the Washington DC football team supports the Natives, their team name is seen as…

A mascot can be a person, animal, or object and it is there to bring good luck to the sports team and also used for merchandising. The mascot and team name controversy came about because of sports teams using Native American names and symbols for their mascots and team names (Wulf, 2014). During a football game, Indian dress, songs and chants, dance and sacred traditions were used. There are two conflicting viewpoints surrounding the controversy. One viewpoint believes that keeping Native…

Hillbillies or the Washington Wetbacks? You’d like people, especially a group of people to respect you, your people and how you see yourself. These “caricatures” are insulting and very negative. If a team, company or any organization has or wants to have a mascot representing an Indian or Native American, it should respect the race. If your logo is of anyone it should be respectful but especially America’s first people.…

I have never had any experience with the “Indian Mascot” debate, in fact, I never really looked or had a deep thought about these issues. I think if someone is not first handed involved when it concerning these issues, him or her will not have any idea to what extent it hurts. I strongly feel that if the non-indigenous people use the indigenous names that were being referred to them by other people and images used by those same other people in the past are now being used now in this civilized…

History of Native American Discrimination Jack Sharkley wrote the article “Indian Mascots-You’re Out!” which was published in the LA times in August 2011. This article can be divided into four sections. In the introduction the author gives an insight to his childhood experience of Native American discrimination. In the second section the author explains the effects over a period of time about discrimination. In the next section Sharkly explains what the effects of the team stereotyping has on…

Marlene Carvell, deal with his sadness and pain in his life. With all bad things happening to Evan maybe listening to this song could help him get through all the pain in his life. Evan, a senior in high school, is offended because of his school mascot, an Indian. Because of Evan’s Native American background after months and months of trying to get the school to change it the bullying that’s happening to Evan gets worse and worse. Eventually in the spring the bullying escalates to murder of an…