JoJo Henderson Ms. Gay ENGL 1301.22 08 Oct. 2015 Annotated Bibliography: The Washington Redskins Mascot Being a football fan my entire life, naturally I have also been a fan of Professional football. Watching football 365 days a year there is only one issue that seems to surface every season. The Washington Redskins mascot. Native Americans peoples and tribes have been protesting for the change of this mascot for 75 years. So far their attempts to force a change to the Washington Redskins mascot have been unsuccessful. That being said the Native American protesters come back stronger and larger each year. The organization adopted the mascot name “Redskins” in 1933. They named the organization after their first head coach, William Henry “Lone …show more content…
McCarthy talks about the expenses that the organization would have to make in order to change the team mascot. The largest expense would be having to remodel the football field, all athletic facilities, and field offices. The Oneida Indians from upstate New York claim that "it is simply wrong to use the offensive term 'Redskins' to sell anything, much less an NFL team." This leads the article into the next largest expense which would be to manufacture new fan gear across the nation. This is just adding to Washington Redskins’ owner Dan Snyder’s case to not change the mascot. 15 million dollars is a lot of money, and to spend that much money for an issue that doesn’t need to be fixed at the moment is not ideal for most NFL owners. This journal helps show the protestors that changing the name may not be as easy as they …show more content…
Parini talks about how the rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins is offensive because of the bloody history between the cowboy and Redskin. Parini also refers to the quote of Tom Cole (Oklahoma Representative). "It is not appropriate for this multibillion dollar… tax-exempt organization to perpetuate and profit from the continued degradation of tribes and Indian people." Parini also says that in 2004 the Washington Redskins took a poll and the discovery was that 90% of Native Americans were not offended by the name as a mascot. The article also explains Roger Goodell’s perspective on the issue. Goodell said that "Eight out of 10 Americans in the general population would not like us to change the name. So we are listening. We are being respectful to people who disagree." This article provides arguments from both supporters and non supporters for this forever ongoing