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Miigwech

(3,741 posts) Sat Feb 2, 2019, 02:26 PM Feb 2019

Do you like sports teams? Mascots?

We all need to get real about racism. Do you support the NFL? Are you going to watch the Super Bowl? Washington Redskins fans, anybody?

NCAI's Long Standing Opposition to Harmful "Indian" Sports Mascots

As the nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization, NCAI has long held a clear position against derogatory and harmful stereotypes of Native people—including sports mascots—in media and popular culture. In 1968 NCAI launched a campaign to address stereotypes of Native people in popular culture and media, as well as in sports. Since this effort began, there has been a great deal of progress made and support to end the era of harmful "Indian" mascots in sports.

http://www.ncai.org/proudtobe

http://www.changethemascot.org/

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Do you like sports teams? Mascots? (Original Post) Miigwech Feb 2019 OP

I'm a Mets fan...the mascot is a guy with a baseball for a head. brooklynite Feb 2019 #1

Sporting Life says the N.E. Patriots are the most unpopular team of a generation. empedocles Feb 2019 #2

[and no, I'm not a snyderskin fan, - disgusting team name and team owner.] empedocles Feb 2019 #3

Part of my point is that everyone is yelling for Northam's head Miigwech Feb 2019 #4

Important point. empedocles Feb 2019 #7

Sometimes fans love to hate mascots, but it can be scary when they REALLY hate the mascot Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #5

No interest whatsoever in professional football nor the people who play in it. northoftheborder Feb 2019 #6

brooklynite

(94,727 posts)

1. I'm a Mets fan...the mascot is a guy with a baseball for a head.

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2019, 02:28 PM

Feb 2019

I sleep soundly at night.

(and - no, I'm not watching the Super Bowl)

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

2. Sporting Life says the N.E. Patriots are the most unpopular team of a generation.

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2019, 02:48 PM

Feb 2019

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

3. [and no, I'm not a snyderskin fan, - disgusting team name and team owner.]

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2019, 02:50 PM

Feb 2019

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)

4. Part of my point is that everyone is yelling for Northam's head

Reply to empedocles (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 2, 2019, 02:55 PM

Feb 2019

and we have the equivalent of 'blackface' in sports when it comes to Native American's and no one gives a crap! Can't we understand that is going to take a lot to eliminate racism in our country and we should not throw out the baby with the bathwater.