There are other offensive team mascots aside from Indian mascots as the Imperial Valley College Arabs and the Hollywood High Sheiks. (Bustillo, 1). People from California are trying to pass a bill AB 2115 that would rid public schools of any racial or ethnic groups. (Boghossian, 1). This has been a issue since the late 1960's. The National Congress of American Indians has been trying to rid team sports from using stereotypes of Native Americans. Some schools have modified their mascots, rather than changing them all together. San Diego State University changed their mascot of Monty Montezuma from a bare chested macho man to a graceful ambassador. (Cart, 3). Some people feel that school's named after certain people like Martin Luther King Jr. are alright, but there should not be mascots depicting them. Making mascots that depict certain people is just asking for trouble. When sports are involved with that mascot, things will be said about that mascot that would just be wrong. Like at a football game when a team is playing another team with a Martin Luther King Jr. mascot, they might have a sign that says "Murder the Kings." That is just something that is unacceptable and unrespectable for someone to say. So team mascots should no be able to be named after certain people. .
Many people do not consider themselves supporting Native American mascots that depict them in a bad manner. But when people walk around with a Atlanta Braves shirt on with a Indian with a tomahawk in his hand, it is degrading to the Indians. It is stereotyping them. School mascots and Sports team's mascots are named after groups of people for no reason known. Notre Dame was founded by Irish Catholics, but their sports team was named the Fighting Irish. The name Fighting Irish has nothing to do with the Irish Catholics, it depicts them in a wrong way.(Price, 3). Team names can be changed to similar names that do not depict certain groups of people.
Offensive Mascots to be Banned What is considered offensive? ... But the number of people for the mascots do not even compare to the number of people opposed to the mascots. ... When sports are involved with that mascot, things will be said about that mascot that would just be wrong. ... School mascots and Sports team's mascots are named after groups of people for no reason known. ... Tradition goes along with mascots. ...
Do you remember when you went to your school football games and seen the schools mascots. ... You would not like it and many students that are in high school with Indian mascots are going through this. ... First off-instead of changing the school's mascots because they are "humiliating Indians" they should educate the students on were there mascots are from and study the cultural. ... Mascots are a necessary in high school it's a way to have fun and get away form classes. Different mascots are better then just one because if we all had the same school mascot it would not be as much ...
The Logistics and Ethics Pertaining to an Indian Mascot Mascots have always played a pivotal role in rallying school spirit and immortalizing sport traditions. ... Im not saying the mascot is going to drive anyone crazy, but what kind of influence would a mascot like that have on the people, or even on the children? ... Simply put, the mascot will give the town a bad name. ... There are other reasons why the mascot must change. ... Just change the mascot. ...
"Indians as Mascots for America's Fun and Games." ... . ... . ... Cloutier told Lukas that with these school mascots being Native American it could help educate the kids and he encouraged schools to teach them of their mascot. ... "Washington Redskins Feel Heat in Native American Mascot Debate." ...
Most of the schools have Indian Mascots in place for half a century and suddenly it become problem to use Indian Mascots. ... Can stories like this possibly be related to mascot issue? ... All over the world people use mascots to represent something. I think using Indian mascots is not a big issue. ... Mascots always used to represent qualities of different things. ...
When Stanford University vetoed the robber baron as their mascot it raised a lot of questions. Is it appropriate to have a robber baron as a mascot? ... Some of these mascots may portray aggressiveness and intimidation but they do it in a fun respectful way. In my opinion a school that has the reputation of Stanford should not risk possibly having a mascot that could hurt their image. ... In my opinion the decision to veto the robber barons as a mascot and go with the cardinals was a very good decision. ...
By making Native American mascots, they are not honoring them, they are mocking them. Mascots were made for entertainment to be ridiculed and heckled. ... Shakley is right to argue that the Indian mascots for professional teams are degrading a mockery of the Native Americans, because some of the mascots are portrayed as drunks, savages, and hideous. By focusing on changing Indian mascots, Shakley does not consider or think about the millions of alumni dollars colleges would lose if they change their mascots or logos. ... However, I agree with his overall conclusion that professional teams tha...
A college graduate student at University of Illinois was very upset about the portrayal of the mascot, Chief Illiniwek. In the documentary, she was hurt because she was a Native American and she did not believe that her "people" should be mascots. ... Some sports teams" have mascot names that are just very belligerent and should be changed, because it is disrespectful. ... The mascot might not do an "actual" portrayal but I do not believe they should get a new mascot. ... I think that the Native Americans should stay focused on the mascots that belittle the Native American culture, not emb...
A college graduate student at University of Illinois was very upset about the portrayal of the mascot, Chief Illiniwek. In the documentary, she was hurt because she was a Native American and she did not believe that her "people" should be mascots. ... Some sports teams" have mascot names that are just very belligerent and should be changed, because it is disrespectful. ... The mascot might not do an "actual" portrayal but I do not believe they should get a new mascot. ... I think that the Native Americans should stay focused on the mascots that belittle the Native American culture, not emb...