Native American mascot controversy

Disgrace In The Wrong Place Today in the United States almost 900 schools and organizations have Native American mascots, compared to the 3,000 that were around in the 1960’s. (Potenza) The battle over the Native Americans mascots being offensive has lasted over half of a century. It is considered to be highly offensive and racist, mostly because of the false image of Native Americans that is produced by teams. (Anastasia) While schools are more prone to change their names out of respect,…

the article “Racism American Style and Resistance to Change: Art Education’s Role in the Indian Mascot Issue,” art educator Elizabeth M. Delacruz attempts to find an explanation for the popularity of Indian mascots by selecting cases and examining the history of the issue. She states 1500 public schools in the United States use Indian mascots. While these schools continue to represent their mascots, the disturbing past of public schools’ early development of the Indian mascots hides behind…

Whose Honor video because they always make the argument that mascots aren’t hurting anyone. Additionally, I think this film would have the most impact because my high school, Maconaquah High School, still has a mascot called “the Brave” and at sports games, like football and basketball, they still wave their arms in the motion of a tomahawk chop. Watching Charlene Peters tell her story about her protest of the University of Illinois mascot, Chief Illiniwek was very moving, especially when she…

Why the use of Native American Team Names Needs to End For the longest time sports teams have named their teams things based off of Native Americans. From the NFL to the NCAA, multiple teams have used such names. In some cases, the use of names is more appropriate than others. An example of a team being respectful and understanding while using a Native American name is Florida State, or as the are often referred to as the Seminoles. They work with the tribe to make sure that they respectfully…

also do not believe that every “Indian” mascot should be removed. When people say that the Mascot is an unrealistic and stereotypical portrayal, they are right. Mascots are not supposed to be realistic. Most mascots are stereotypical. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pirate Mascot could be considered just as stereotypical and unrealistic as the Florida State Seminole. I think it is important to why teams choose mascots in the first place. The definition of mascot…

Native American sports names and mascots should be banned Do you think that it is offensive or wrong to use Native American names for sports teams? To native americans, using native american sports names and mascots are offensive and should be banned so that teams can’t use them anymore. (star) They are offended by this because almost all mascots for sports teams look angry and a lot of them are holding weapons so the natives think that they are being stereotyped. (debate) First, Almost all of…

Actions define consequences is ethical. In the cartoon “Mascots” it virtuously shows the truth about school mascots. In the Excerpt “Lather and Nothing Else” consequentially the barber could have murdered the general but chose not to due to his morals. In the song “Independence Day” deontologically a mother protects her daughter from an abusive relationship. To begin, High schools should be able to use Indians or Native Americans as a mascot because virtuously it isn’t being used in a…

The Indian Mascot When one thinks about Native Americans or Indians, they used to think about the first Thanksgiving, wars with cowboys, or even the movie Pocahontas. Today when one hears the word Native American, they think of controversial topics about the North Dakota oil pipeline, the drop out rates in Native schools, and of course whether or not the Indian mascot should be allowed. It all started back in 1912, when baseball’s Boston Braves adopted their team name. Next, the Cleveland…

covering mascots that are images of Native Americans. First, I want everyone to envision the outrage if a sports team, professional or college, decided to have a mascot that mocked African Americans, Latinos, Jews or the disabled. Most would not find it funny or witty, as it violates the bounds of respect and decency by their very nature (Armour, 2016). So, why is it permitted that teams, such as, the Indians are able to use Chief Wahoo as their mascot? Currently, sports team mascots are the…

This is a constant injustice that Native Americans have had to deal with since the beginning of sports. Different variations of Native American imagery have been used as mascots for sports teams of all types and of all levels. There are countless high school, college, and professional athletic teams that label themselves as the Indians or have mascots that are known as Indians. Since the 1960s, people have been fighting this injustice by trying to abolish Indian mascots on sports teams. The 1970…