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It's Past Time to Eliminate Racist Native Mascots


It's Past Time to Eliminate Racist Native Mascots | Teach For America

It's Past Time to Eliminate Racist Native Mascots ... Native communities and allies have pushed to remove Native mascots from sports teams for ...

The Demise of Native American Mascots: It's Time to Do the Right ...

... Native American mascots, logos, and nicknames by sports teams perpetuates depictions that are perceived as harmful and racist by Native Americans. Design ...

Native American Mascots Could Be Banned in Historic First

"Native Americans including myself have faced racial slurs, threats of violence and harassment from communities when we challenge the use of ...

A Multigenerational Effort to Eliminate a Racist Mascot

The national conversation around racist sports team mascots is not new but has gained momentum in recent years as part of a nationwide reckoning ...

There's Progress Eliminating Some American Indian Mascots, But ...

Should high schools be allowed to use Native American mascots ... Florida Indigenous Alliance demands Disney ban 'racist' Native mascot ...

Spotlight on Native American Heritage Month: The Fight to Remove ...

As someone who engaged in the successful fight to have the Paw Paw School District replace its racist nickname and mascot, I can tell you this: Our victory did ...

Eliminating harmful Native American stereotype mascots in sport

It's estimated that over 1,000 K-12 U.S. schools still have racist mascots. In 2020, the NCAI launched a database tracking where progress ...

Nicknames and Mascots, Part 2: Native People are NOT your Mascot

The spotlight is on discriminatory and racist behavior and institutional racism, and it is time to address the negative impacts of Native ...

Bias against Native Americans spikes when mascots are removed

Research has shown that Native American mascots provoke racist stereotypes and harm the self-esteem of Native youth.

More States Push Schools to Drop Native American Mascots

At states' urging, schools will drop Native American mascots, citing the harm of racist stereotypes. The changes bring logistical and ...

Abolishing Racist Native Mascots: A Toolkit for Change

If racist mascots still exists in your area, arm yourself with knowledge and try to petition to change the local team name and/or mascot. It is ...

Racist mascots are finally being banned. But that's only a first step.

In New York, racist mascots are finally being banned from schools. But that's only a first step toward truly honoring Native peoples.

Take Action - Az To Rally Against Native Mascots

With the newly energized movement against racism in this country, it is urgent that we end any racist practices within our own schools and communities. The ...

LETTER: Clear reasons to replace Hays' Indian mascot - Hays Post

Claim: But it's not offensive. We're honoring Indians with this ... racist and insensitive past. Claim: We're erasing our history if we ...

Speaker at OU says it's time to get rid of racist mascots | Campus News

Although Treuer said he finds great importance in the awareness of other cultures and the implications racist mascots have, he qualified his ...

Study shows much opposition to Native American mascots, names

The other side, often citing nonacademic opinion polls, contends the mascots are not racist. “The data from previous opinion polls is often used ...

When the School Mascot Is a Native American Stereotype

In 2005, the NCAA banned teams from using “hostile and abusive racial/ethnic/national origin mascots, nicknames, or imagery” at its post-season ...

Native American mascot controversy - Wikipedia

The injustice of such stereotypes is recognized with regard to other racial or ethnic groups, thus mascots are considered morally questionable regardless of ...

Study finds only harmful effects from Native-themed mascots

According to the Washington Post, the Washington team's name was first defined as a racial slur more than 120 years ago, when Webster's ...

People Not Mascots Is a Campaign to Get Native Mascots Out of ...

Lily Joy Winder, a Diné activist, wants to pressure high schools to stop using racist mascots. By Madeleine Connors. November 12, 2021.