Mascot

struggles throughout history. Recently, there has been a new struggle with the Native Americans involving controversy of whether or not the mascots used for sports teams are offensive. Emotions and opinions tend to influence mankind more than reason, but throughout all of the attention covering this social issue, it is clear that the Native American mascots in the sports industry are offensive. Throughout all of the atrocities and hardships that were brought upon the Native Americans during…

Indian Mascot Issue by Elizabeth M. Delacruz, discusses the problematic situation that occurs in with using the American Indian as a mascot without knowing its dark, disturbing history. She also explains on how people mock the Native American culture by using stereotypes / racial slurs and how it affects the way people identify them. In agreement with the author, people misuse the Indian mascot because of little education of the topic; “white privilege” also plays a key role in the mascot issue…

Resistance to Change: Art Education’s Role in the Indian Mascot Issue, by Elizabeth M. De La Cruz, centers around the negative effects that using Native Americans as mascots can have on the Native American community. De La Cruz points out that our ignorance has prevented us from seeing the error in our ways, thus the lack of understanding of Native American culture enables us to keep misinterpreting their culture and rituals by making them our school mascots. According to her, it is the job of…

Have you ever thought about what’s in the lipstick you wear? Or how may it affect your mouth? Many lipsticks that have been put on market have been giving the media attention and is getting lawsuits. The FDA have found out many popular products that we use on a daily basic contains lead. The amount of lead found in the lipstick container is more than the amount allowed in a regular size candy bar. The FDA stated the lipstick can not cause any harm because the lipstick isn’t made to be digested.…

Controversial mascots are possibly some of the most controversial topics that the United States goes through today and has gone through for a number of years. When popular sports teams are getting their names from certain American Indian Tribes, there is always a problem. Another reason racist mascots are still around is because of the fact that some teams are recognized as being more racist than another team, when in reality, there is no such thing as being more racist because weather some…

the players. In 1936 the team relocated to Washington DC. They never changed the name from the Redskins despite it being out of date. The Washington Redskin should change their team mascot and name because, the term ‘redskin’ is a racial slur, a race should not be a team mascot and using the name redskin as a mascot encourages racism. The term ‘redskin’ is a racial slur against native americans made by american settlers. There are many interpretations of the word and it’s origins. Some suspect…

WIllie the Wildcat According to Dictionary.com the definition of a mascot is: An animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck. Willie the Wildcat shows this definition perfectly, which makes him perfect to be put in the Mascot Hall of Fame. The Mascot Hall of Fame will be made sometime in the next few years in Whiting, Indiana. Willie the Wildcat has been an important part of the United States history for over a century now, and has…

Mascots and Nicknames should be banned “It makes fun of the native American culture and isn't respectful toward the natives.” (debate.org), it make other people felt bad about their team nicknames and mascots. They are offensive, they are demeaning, they promote negative stereotypes, gives unwanted attention to school. They are very racial team nicknames and mascots like Washington Redskin are very racial, schools have get bullied because of the racial team nicknames and mascots. First of all,…

with making moral decisions. “Mascots” uses irony to prove the racism behind certain mascots, “Lather and Nothing Else” is about a man choosing whether to kill or not, and “Savior Child” is about parents having a second kid to give their body to the first kid. To begin using Native Americans as mascots is inappropriate because people are not bringing them to justice for the honor they once had. Phil Hand persuades, in his cartoon, that using Native Americans as mascots to Caucasians because…

took place and how a she felt unsafe after being insulted by cheerleaders and football players for not having school spirit the fact that she was Native American. She then continues on with how she feels offended by the school mascot because the way that the school mascot is presented.That if she made it know they would make it stop,but that…