Analysis: Is The College Use Of American Indian Mascots Racist

The Rogerian Method was created to mediate the two opposing sides of an argument into an agreeable solution. Jane Willy used the method to settle the dispute over the usage of American Indian tribes as mascots. Although she makes a solid resolution, Willy fails to correctly write all parts of the Rogerian Method which are essential to keep the pacifist approach that comes with this method. The opposition to Jane insists that using American Indians as mascots is slanderous to their people. Jane Willy thinks that it is okay to use American Indians as mascots, so long as it is with good intentions. In “Is the College Use of American Indian Mascots Racist,” the accord to the dispute was that it is okay to use American Indians as mascots if the

Although it is unorthodox, the Rogerian Method is another way to express an argument through the form of an essay. The Rogerian Method takes a pacifist approach during arguing in which the result is a compromise to both contrasting viewpoints instead of negating the opposition. In “Is the College Use of American Indian Mascots Racist?” the author states the conflict of using American Indian tribes as mascots due to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) stopping it, and her compromise which is to listen to the voice of the American Indians. When evaluating the usage of the Rogerian Method in “Is the College Use of American Indian Mascots Racist,” the author demonstrates incorrect usage of the Rogerian

The context portion in a Rogerian argument is to provide insight on the opposite stance, which Jane Willy fails to do. The author attempts to do a lead up to the point of view by stating the NCAA told universities such as “Arkansas State University was told to stop calling itself the Indians, the University of Louisiana at Monroe was told to drop the name War Hawks, the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana was told to drop the name Illini, and the University of Utah was told to drop the name Utes” (Willy, 2005). This is useless information to the reader because it comes before the viewpoint and does not sync up properly in the passge. Next, the author gets to the position of which the “NCAA was responding to a report issued by the U.S. commission on Civil Rights” which labeled the usage of American Indian tribes as mascots as racist and disrespectful to their communities (Willy, 2005). This important information was misplaced and should have been put before the list of colleges affected by the NCAA’s decision to yield a better understanding. The author fails to abide by the Rogerian format due to erroneous placement of the