Cultural Mascots
Should cultural mascots be changed?
cultural mascots are good
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I think cultural mascots are good because a lot of Indian mascots that are after a certain type of mascot the Indians do like that. I've seen places where the sports team has an Indian mascot and sometimes they let that actual tribe come out and dance an old Indian dance. Side: cultural mascots are good
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But that's not necessarily how they are actually like. That's how people think they are like, but they could be totally different. Maybe the dances are being done wrong and people find that offensive because they don't have any idea about the culture their team represents. The point I'm trying to make is the fact that the teams just use the mascots, and even if they're trying to "respect" them, they generally use stereotypical representations of the ethnic group and they could be totally misrepresenting them. Side: cultural mascots are bad
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So? The dances could be messed up at times. Doesn't always mean that they are making a fool out of other African Americans or whatever the dancer is representing. You have to think. The dance could have been done wrong. You never know. They may have messed up on something The picture on the field, of an African American (or whatever the tribe may be), you have to realize, the team doesn't find it offensive. Others don't find it offensive. Some may find it offensive, but what is it to them? They have not been in the tribe, why complain. Your just making a fool out of yourself... Side: cultural mascots are good
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Cultural mascots are the best mascots and connect to the community that is why we need cultural mascot. The cultural mascot ban is a not needed thing and they already got rid of half of the cultural mascots there are only 1000 left. If we get rid of the cultural mascots that are liked by other people will lose spirit and so will the community. In the future if we got rid of all the cultural mascots no one will remember the culture of that town and it's history and we need some cultural mascots if people like having the culture shown to the people an show their pride. That is why we should not get rid of the cultural mascots. Side: cultural mascots are good
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The mascots for the sports teams are already animals and Indians, which again like I said before they are showing respect not insulting people. Maybe where they are is in a certain place where the name they choose is all about where they live and they are supporting them and showing respect when they put them on sports teams. Side: cultural mascots are good
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Let me bring up the definition of respect: admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements. So, if they have them as their mascots they should be honoring their abilities, qualities, and achievements. They don't seem to be respecting them very well. They might be doing their ¨dance¨ which the school or place probably made up. The stuff they wear is what they think the tribe may wear, but it's mainly representative of just about every Native American culture in their opinion. If they were respecting the tribes, they would have the tribes teach them about their culture so the students would be able to actually respect them. Just putting them as their mascot and doing a little dance at a game doesn't make it respect. Side: cultural mascots are bad
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Mascots can in fact be offensive. According to "Native American Mascots Devalues Culture," Abel Cooper brought his daughter to a football game and the team was a native american representative team. They started wearing things that people have no idea on what they represent and in a way were mocking native american culture. Side: cultural mascots are bad
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That's your opinion but some of the cultural mascots are made to look dumb and mean and don't even care about what the mascots really mean. So people like Indians can be very offended by the Cleveland Indians mascot because it makes them look like a demon Side: cultural mascots are bad
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I think that the mascots that are used with names like the red socks, and Indians are not trying to offend or insult anyone in any way. When sport teams do use the names of peoples groups they are simply showing respect and honoring the people that are Indians, and the red socks. Side: cultural mascots are good
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Well, it doesn't really matter that you think they are honorable, because you aren't part of a tribe that is a mascot for a school/sports team. People consider them offensive because in a lot of cases they are. A lot of times, the teams create stereotypes about the tribe. Side: cultural mascots are bad
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I believe that we should keep the cultural mascots. One of my reasons is people are not a fended by it. Another one is kids like the look of the mascot. Some people might say "The natives would be highly a fended." But have you really asked them what their feel is on this. People are a fend my butt! I read an artical on this topic and someone posted "I am black and it does not a fend me." If it does not a fend him why should it a fend people that are not native? Kids like the look of the mascot a lot. A quote from,Mind of a Mascot, said "The campus is sliding with him.In a October vote 95% of the student body wanted the Aztec back." If that does not prove that kids like the look of the mascot? I do not know what would prove that they are bad. I think that we should keep the mascots. Some people say they a fend but I don't think so. what do you think should we keep them? Side: cultural mascots are good
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You are right lislinger. They have been for a very long time and some people are not a fended by it. I read an artical on somebody that said "I am black and it does not a fend me." He is native and it does not a fend him so why should people that are not native be a fend? Side: cultural mascots are good
its not okay at all actually, if schools are named to have a native american mascot, then the children in the school are taught to devalue this culture and they typically imagine this is how the group acts or looks, and its not okay, and its because people are finally realizing that this is not okay Side: cultural mascots are bad
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I think they are okay for sport teams to use because most tribal people are very proud to have a team named after them. The Florida State University was the Seminoles and the tribes supported it, but in the end the court said they had to change it. The tribe itself supported it, isn't that enough evidence? One man said,"You name cars after our leader Pontiac, that real offensive, Apache helicopters? That's suggesting that the Apache tribe is war like and destroys all. Name a team after us, that's fine, its showing for a nice sports game, ain't nothing wrong with that,". Side: cultural mascots are good
Not all tribes are proud to have their tribe/race as the mascot of schools and sports teams. And in your evidence, the man also said that because of the mascot they are suggesting that his tribe is "war like and destroys us all." I am sure that that isn't a message they intend to get out. Side: cultural mascots are bad
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Just because the tribe the team is named after supported it, it doesn't mean other people can't find it offensive. "American Indian Mascots and logos promote negative stereotypes." Barbara Munson, a member of the Oneida Tribe said this in the article "Honor or Insult?" She was simply offended by the Washington Redskins's logo and name and just because she doesn't live in Washington doesn't mean she can't be offended by it. Side: cultural mascots are bad
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your post was based on an assumption, it seems like you don't know when there was the first cultural mascot, for all we know, the first cultural mascot could have been 1979. Also, this was a problem since it started, it only got a lot of recognition in 1980 and onwards Side: cultural mascots are bad
No one should take offense to the being called what their skin color is I have no problem with the name ¨Redskins¨ because it is their skin color its not a racial slur people are overreacting about this dumb stuff and are going to far to get rid of the honor for the Indians. And if anyone differs say what dumb stereotypes they're spreading Side: cultural mascots are good
The term redskin doesn't refer to the skin color, it refers to the scalps of Native Americans. Early settlers would trade and sell these scalps along with the pelts of animals. Also, you called them Indians, Native Americans would be the correct term. Side: cultural mascots are bad
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I think cultural mascots at schools are bad, because to most people that have a relation to the mascots take it as offensive. Schools deliver stereotypes to the students that could offend certain people. For example, from the article "Honor or Insult?" it states that "...they show American Indian Culture in a cartoonish way." Side: cultural mascots are bad
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Another fact that shows schools deliver stereotypes is that according to the article "Arab-Americans Cry Foul over California High School Mascot", people and mascots dress in stereotypical clothes and/or do stereotypical things that people are offended by, because they are false in some way. Side: cultural mascots are bad
I think schools should have to change offensive Mascots because schools should teach kids to respect other cultures. How can schools properly teach students to respect other cultures with mascots that are racist and offensive? Side: cultural mascots are bad
Another reason why schools should have to change offensive mascots is that when you think about sports teams, you think about animals and Indians, and according to the paper "Native American Mascots devalues culture" the Native Americans feel like they are in the same group as animals and they don't like that. Side: cultural mascots are bad
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I think that cultural mascots are bad because they can promote negative stereotypes. Some teams like the Washington Redskins use names that can offend people from that cultural group (native americans). It doesn't help either, because people think that those things are just used for show when they can actually represent something behind the history of the group. Side: cultural mascots are bad
that is another topic for another date, but being called something like that is not offensive, however, calling a native american tribe or group something like the redskins, is highly offensive, and is just in general offensive, and tell me Derek, are you offended by being called a name that is not derogatory? Side: cultural mascots are bad
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How can mascots be offended? Some mascots show how "True Warriors" they were back then. (Depending on what mascot). The mascots can bring back good memories from which they were back then. Whether they were good or bad. People still think of them as Roll Models. Side: cultural mascots are good
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Mascots can't be offended, but mascots can offend people. People don't really acknowledge all of the hardships their people have had to go through in the past. They generally have people just wearing the costumes, but that doesn't make it right. Side: cultural mascots are good
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not even that, as occasionally a group will be honored by e certain team, but on the other side, more often than not, a cartoonish and offensive mascot will show up and offend many people, and cause many issues as to why it is what it is, this is not okay, we should end the offense Side: cultural mascots are bad
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Don't get me started. Kids love the cartoonish features. That's what makes kids fond of their mascots they are representing. "Cartoonish" character-like mascots wont offend people. Ever watch TV? There are some REALLY OFFENSIVE people on them (Cartoon wise) but people still laugh their pants off... Side: cultural mascots are good
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Cartoon-ish characters that represent a mascot can offend people... it shows a bad perspective of how the actual tribe was. And kids don't get as easily offended by the mascots because they don't know any better yet. Some kids may be offended, who knows. Side: cultural mascots are good
Its their choice to be so offended over something that they don't have to care about. Take the Redskins for example, its a fact that their skin looks red its not really an offensive term and their logo looks cool and honors the native Americans. Side: cultural mascots are good
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I think that cultural mascots should be changed beacause it can very offensive to people, for example the clevland indians what is more offensive than a red indian who looks like the demon Side: cultural mascots are bad
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