Mascot

For example, the author of this commercial obviously thinks that Charmin is the number one brand for toilet paper. That is all an opinion though because everybody has different tastes. Since the author believes that Charmin is the best toilet paper around, it must also mean that the author believes that it is the softest and longest lasting toilet paper. Another appeal that is used is pathos. The bears set off an emotional aspect that gets the audience to watch the commercial…

understand. Take for instance, the NFL team the Washington Redskins. Many see their mascot as just a mascot yet it’s literal meaning goes much further than a man dressed up with a red painted body wearing feathers cheering at football games. There have been instances were councils have called for the renaming of the team. In the article A Public Accommodations Challenge to the Use of Indian Team Names and Mascots in Professional Sports written in the Harvard Law Review it states, “The District…

Castro Mascots are big in the NCAA, and they should be. Mascots are the ultimate pride of the team, but just because they are so important when it comes to different sport teams, they shouldn’t mock the lives and history of Native American Culture. When team mascots run around with cultural attire on it creates an illusion that racism is acceptable in sports. Offensive mascots in the NCAA do not only question racism, but they also create social conflict. Assessing the history of NCAA…

the Indian Mascot Issue” by Elizabeth M. De La Cruz provides us a public controversy towards Indian Mascots being used by many schools, businesses, and even in high school football fields as racist towards our Native Americans. It’s racial discrimination effects on Native Americans especially, young Native Americans has caused the young to be afraid of showing who they really are as a minority or cultural being. Students in Institutes such as very well-known Universities use Indian Mascots as…

At every student council conference, each attendee receives a bag full of countless things like lanyards, coupons, pencils, and key chains. But of all the free stuff I've accumulated over the years, my favorite is one little, two inch, bright yellow pin that says, "I am Second". At that specific conference, the keynote speaker informed us that we are suppose to wear it on our shirts and when people read it, they should ask, "Then who is first?". In response, with a cheesy grin and an exaggerated…

How to Transport Professional Mascot Costumes Safely Professional mascot costumes can be a huge investment for many businesses. Well-designed, marketable mascots need to endure highly active use for a minimum of four to five years, and often cost $7,000 to $15,000, and upwards. An important consideration for mascot designers is whether or not the mascot costume will be used in one place, or will be consistently traveling from location to another. For traveling purposes, packing needs to be…

American mascots for sports teams. This was a crucial topic for society back then, and still is now because most people argued that there wasn't a problem with using Native American names since they demonstrated strength. Without taking into consideration how the Native Americans felt about it or their point of view, people fought the wrong side of the argument this whole time, not taking in the thought that these mascots, and names degrade American Indians, emphasizing the fact that the mascots…

Using Native American names for sport team mascots devalues their experiences. In the article, “The “F Word””, Firoozer Dumas states, “My cousin’s name, Farbod, means “Greatness”. When he moved to America, all the kids called him “Farthead”. My brother Farshid (“he who enlightens”) became “Fartshit”…

I never gain enough knowledge about mascot or anything that defines it, it is first time I heard that Native American called by a mascot. I remember seeing mascot of football teams which they have for many years, and they team doesn’t change it because they have faith in their mascot. However, some mascot that I review from article, defines how mascot been used toward racism. Nobody ever, think of it because we don’t pay attention to things closely. If any team win or lose we celebrate their…

on TV, shirts, etc. For example, the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indian mascots and logos. Native american mascots cause many problems and native americans can get really offended. ¨...The problem with America is that were looked at as people of the past, and were not people of the past….mascots keep us in the past. It reminds us that they were there. That was America's time then...America we are not your mascots!¨ says Nataanii Means a Native American and indigenous activist.” (Nataanii…