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    Is it believable that Native American children face discrimination during their education because their schools have Native American mascots? Yes. However‚ are Native American children the only children who face discrimination throughout their education? Do mascots lead to discrimination against other races of children? Do African American and Asian children face discrimination? Do timid children‚ “nerds” and other various stereotypes face discrimination? Are all of these students not being discriminated

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    Why are Native American mascots the only mascots still in sports? Some people think that Indian mascots are respecting Native Americans and some think that they are racist. Jack Shakely’s article”Indian Mascots‚ You’re Out‚” tells about how people are affected by them. He explains how Indian mascots are racist and stereotypical‚ and he argues that Native American mascots should not be in sports because they are offensive and ‚ if some people aren’t okay with it then they should be out and other ethnic

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    Rhetorical Analysis

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    October 27‚ 2014 Rhetorical Analysis: Indian Mascots- You’re Out! Jack Shakley’s 2011 article‚ “Indian Mascots – You’re out!” argues that removing Native American names and mascots from college and professional teams is the appropriate thing to do. The context of this article appeared after a Los Angeles Times editorial about legislator in North Dakota struggles over whether the University of North Dakota should be forced to change its team name and mascot from the Fighting Sioux ( Lunsford‚ p.520 )

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    Sherman Alexie

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    Native American Mascots and Sports In his novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ author Sherman Alexie introduces his readers to the issue of Indians used as mascots in sports. It is an issue that has plagued sports for decades and Alexie brings up the subject throughout his book and in interviews. He brings the topic to light to open the reader’s eyes to the idea that Native Americans are still thought as historical but not culturally relevant to society. Thousands of sports teams

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    teams at any level always have mascots. Mascots give fans something to cheer for. However‚ there is some controversy about some of the mascots. Some team names and mascots are related to Native Americans‚ such as The Cleveland Indians‚ Kansas City Chiefs‚ Washington Redskins‚ and the Florida State Seminoles. Some people will argue that these mascots are offensive‚ and others will say that they are just mascots. Sports teams should use Native American names and mascots because fans support these teams

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    Tomahawk Racism In Sports

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    Washington Redskins is the main target because it is by far the most racist in the eyes of Native Americans. One of the many arguments is if the term “Redskins” is offensive. In the Webster dictionary it is usually an offensive term. In one case‚ a Cleveland Indians fan started a conversation on the racism with Chief Wahoo on Twitter. The fan tweeted a picture of a cut out of Chief Wahoo. Many Native American tribes have tried suing the sport associations in order to put an end to the racism throughout

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    Racism

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    It has been said that mascots for professional sports teams and even college and high school teams are considered offensive to Native American or Indian tribes. Sports teams or even schools should be allowed to use the mascot of their choice not the ones that the activist think they should use. Mascots are in no way meant to be racist or harmful‚ they are meant to be shown for pride and dignity towards the school so they don’t look like wimps. These team mascots are not racist. Some of these so

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    Native American Controversy “People ask me why I don’t just let this go. It’s all in the past‚ they say. I tell them that there is no past tense in the Cheyenne language. The past is not gone. As I stand here before you‚ all of my ancestors stand with me.” ...Suzan Shown Harjo This controversy of using Native American mascots has been origins that are engrained deeply into Indian and Non-Indian relations

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    The Northern Native Americans were known as “savages” by the European settlers‚ but actually they created some of the greatest civilizations in history. The lands and social cultures that European explored thought they “discovered” had in fact been developed way before they had arrived. When the European settlers arrived in North America they found an unknown continent largely populated by around 350 Native American civilizations. The Northern Native Americans ways of life may have differed but

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    Mascot

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    Research Project C Marketing Communications: An examination of the mascot as one of its key successes By Narathip Sunkunakorn Student number: 139407000 Tutor’s name John Roberts Course: PSM4 Word count: 1‚650 words Marketing Communications: An examination of the mascot as one of its key successes In the business world‚ most of organisations’ targets are the profit. To reach the target‚ organisations do their best to attract their consumers by advertisement‚ promotion‚ direct sales

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