Sports Game Essay: Indian Mascot-You Re Out

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Mascots When attending a sports game, most of the time we don’t think about the mascot or the way they act. However, when reading the article “Indian Mascot- You’re Out” my mind began to wonder. If a small child attended a game and seen the Indian mascot behaving in a negative way then the child would automatically think that Indians behave like the mascot. With that being said, should mascots be allowed to be something that represents a culture or race? Understanding it is just a sports game, would that make it okay to discriminate the culture or race that the mascot represents? Jack Shakely makes a valid point when he says many of these mascots, maybe most of them, act like fools or savages (Shakley). However, due to recent complaints, …show more content…

Other Native Americans are tired of the hurtful words, jesters, and negative actions that the mascots continue to perform. Due to the way that mascots behave many native children are embarrassed to attend games (Rose). No child no matter the race should be embarrassed to attend a sports game. A child should be excited to get to attend the game. Native Americans were made out to be “uncilvized, bloodthirsty, and domon savages” (Hawks). Taking the time to study Native American history we know that Native Americans were not what mascots make them look to …show more content…

Native Americans have a heart and feelings just like everyone else. If we have to show respect to other groups of people then we should also respect Native Americans. Sharkly says, “It isn’t easy or inexpensive to remove ethnic and racial stereotypes from colleges and professional sports.” (Lunsford). With that being said people should take into consideration the ways actions make people view Native Americans. Also schools should take the time and consider changing mascots. The change should make mascots into mascots that have nothing to do with ethnicity. If we have to respect one race then we should have to respect them all. Removing Native American mascots would be the right thing to do, and I feel certainly that many Native Americans would greatly appreciate it. No matter the race nobody should have to deal with constant racism and

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