Description: I was a freshman in high school and a disagreement broke out among the current and past students from my high school over its mascot named “rebel”. The disagreement got out of hand several times and had been a contentious issue for years. That particular year several students petition the school board to have the mascot changed. I and my family attended the meeting to see what all the fuss was about and why an agreement of some kind could not have been reached before it got to this point
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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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“The Washington State Board of Education has passed a resolution urging school districts to stop using Native American mascots‚ the Olympian reported.” (ABC news). We can recall that these mascots were deemed “full of pride‚ integrity‚ courage” and so much more by the fans‚ promoters‚ and teams. People say the mascots are “okay”. But has that ever made anything in the world “okay”? In that sense‚ war‚ and everything that happens with it is “okay” too. Is it okay to take images from cultures we essentially
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North Dakota is currently in one of the biggest debates over a Native American team mascot. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is fighting with the University of North Dakota regarding the Fighting Sioux mascot. The Native American students have been increasing the pressure on the University to change its name. “We’re seeing more educators around the county‚ in middle Schools‚ high schools and at universities‚ concerned about the racial climate in schools dropping these symbols” (Johansen
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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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referred to as the “Politically Incorrect World Series” due to both teams stereotypical Native American mascots. Growing up‚ the Braves achieved dominance on the baseball diamond‚ which prompted every kid my age to wear the Tomahawk and make the “Braves” t-ball team. I was introduced to the Cleveland Indians by the comedy movie‚ Major League and ever since have recognized their cartoon-like mascot‚ “Chief Wahoo.” In “The Indian Wars”‚ S.L. Price asks why derogatory names like the Redskins and the clownish
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name of the school would be called‚ Fort Wayne High School. The mascot is a falcon because falcons are popular birds that live in Fort Wayne. Mascots are very important and fun to have for the students. Mascots show school spirit. A student could volunteer to wear the falcon mascot costume at the school’s sporting events like football‚ basketball‚ soccer‚ volleyball games‚ and track meets to pump up the crowds. The Falcon mascot is important to the people of the city because it represents one
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Yu Yan (Helen) Chen W2-19 4/21/2014 Reading Response #5: Fuwas are mascots of Beijing Olympic. They integrate into the shape of fish‚ panda‚ Tibetan antelope‚ swallow and the Olympic Flame. They deliver the message of friendship and peace‚ positive spirit and a desire to have harmony between man and nature. Mascots are good representatives of something‚ however‚ sport mascots symbolize racism toward American Indian. In Kimberly Roppolo’s article‚ she concludes the struggles American Indian
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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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appropriated through the use of mascots and offensive naming of sports teams. The following passage depicts the negative effects that stereotyping can have on a person’s identity.
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