Native American Mascots Imagine yourself at a sporting event. You are enjoying the last bite of your foot-long hot dog‚ anticipating the moment the half time show will begin. Out comes the shoe-less‚ plaid-shirt wearing‚ ripped and dirty blue jean sporting mascot. His name is “Billy Bob-- the wildest hillbilly in the boondocks.” He goes running around‚ chugging down his fake moonshine and spitting tobacco. Being a native of Appalachia‚ you find yourself upset‚ and state this to be extremely
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of this would be the controversy over the use of Indian names‚ mascots and images in colleague and professional level sports teams. Indigenous people have lived in North America for more than 15‚000 years‚ developing cultures and lifestyles as diverse as those of their non-Indian counterparts in other regions of the world. In 1492‚ Columbus arrived in the Caribbean Islands believing he had landed in India and thus named the Indigenous
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Indian mascots Would you support a mascot if it was based off of an old‚ well known Indian tribe? By the year 2017 all of Indian mascots will potentially be removed from high schools. How can you have any school spirit if you don’t appreciate the mascot that you have? Collinsville high school‚ the high school‚ the high school of champions‚ should be allowed to keep their infamous mascot‚ the chief Kahok. I can see why many people why many people would be offended by schools using Indians or the
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Controversial Mascots The controversy surrounding the use of Indian mascots and names in American sports has origins that run deep throughout the history of Indian and non-Indian relations. Today‚ the use of Indian mascots is at the center of an argument that touches the emotional hearts and souls of many. All across the country names and images of Native Americans are being removed from all sport teams. People are arguing whether team mascots and names are considered “racist”‚ this altercation
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Offensive Mascots to be Banned What is considered offensive? Is it considered offensive to use obscenities around children? According to many people in the United States‚ it is sport team names and mascots that depict a certain group of people are considered offensive. People around the United States are trying to get professional sport teams to change their names and mascots because they feel it depicts their certain race in bad way. Teams should have to change their mascot and their name if
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Are Native American Mascots Racist Symbols Many Sports teams today have mascots and team names that are offensive to Native Americans. Teams such as the Kansas City Chiefs‚ Atlanta Braves‚ Washington Redskins‚ Cleveland Indians‚ Chicago Blackhawks‚ and the North Dakota Fighting Sioux just to name a few. A controversy has existed for decades about sports mascots with Native American images and names. Some argue that the images and names projected by Indian mascots demean the traditions of their
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their spirit with in. With a simple swipe of a pen people will lose their past. The argument over the mascot name change of the Redskin. Many people of “Change the Mascot!” Campaign disagree with the “Redskin” name that it is a racial slur‚ and dishonoring there cultural background‚ although these schools have never dishonored the name but‚ support them‚ decorate their town in there colors‚ and mascot logo in respect we shouldn’t change the name because they are taking away from the community’s pride
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The use of Indian mascots is a ginormous controversy especially in the United States. There are many arguments and opinions on if sports teams should be allowed to use Indians as mascots‚ but this is just my opinion and reasons why sports teams should be allowed to use Indian mascots. First of all‚ most Native American logos are meant to honor Indians and their tribes‚ not offend. Some evidence of this is in the article “The Use of Indian Mascots”‚ page 2 when it states “Max Osceola‚ the chief and
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Indians be allowed to be used as mascots? Indians as a mascot is not racism. The Indian culture should be honored to be looked at as strong‚ fierce people. It was never a problem when the teams first decided to make it their mascot‚ so why is it now? The mascots represent who the Indians were years ago when they hunted and killed‚ not exactly how they are today. A mascot is suppose to be looked at as intimidating. Teams don’t choose “the butterflies” for their mascot. They choose something that is
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continuing to display and or use mascots that can be considered culturally offensive and borderline racist. As stated this has been an issue for quite some time but up until recently this issue has been continuously thrown into the national spotlight by the media. This issue has gained so much national attention that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has adopted several policies that once implemented will combat the ongoing issue of racially offensive mascots being used. Furthermore
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