Mascot Essays

don’t know that the amazing UNC mascot that continues to be known and loved was created from $25! The Idea of a Ram came from the North Carolina fullback Jack Merritts nickname, the “Battering Ram.” Rameses is a very entertaining mascot and impacts the community in a very positive way. Therefore, The University of North Carolina mascot should be introduced into the Mascot Hall of Fame. The University of North Carolina mascot Rameses should be nominated into the Mascot Hall of Fame. Ramses has had a

controversy over using Native Americans as mascots for various activities. It has influenced several teams to change their mascot in an attempt to please the Native Americans they have offended, but there are still many teams that have yet to change their mascots. It is inhumane to target a race of people and imitate them in such a disrespectful way, using stereotypes that have no relation to who they are or what their culture is. We use Native American mascots at games to cheer on the crowd and perform

point them out by their mascots and names. Little did we know that our team’s mascot or name may be offensive to a particular culture and has an underlying meaning. According to the Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indians, as early as 1912 Indian names for sports teams have been used in the professional sector. Following this example many high schools started naming their teams using Indian culture and the use of Indian inspired Mascots. We may like the way

Offensive Mascots Should we allow mascots that are extremely offensive to specific cultures even though some people feel they should be honored? Culturally offensive mascots should not be allowed because it teaches people and children that it's okay to make inaccurate assumptions about a group of people they don’t even know. Culturally offensive mascots can show disrespect to different races and cultures, and can cause people to create stereotypes. However people think of the derogatory mascots as a

The University of West Florida mascot should be a smart-minded figure that represents the college. The mascot should be a lion because it is courageous, strong, and intelligent. The students and staff at the University of West Florida are very protective of their academic heritage. For instance, the mascot represents the fighting spirit of The University of West Florida. The University of West Florida students have a lot of the characteristics of a lion: brave, protective, and determined. The lion

Mascot Controversy The concept of mascots was formed in ancient Roman gladiator fights. A school's mascot or logo should not be discriminatory against any person or group of people, for the reason that associating people with stereotypes is discriminatory towards people. School or sports mascots bring stereotypes to audiences, which put forward organizations' motives of making everyone equal in the world today and eliminating stereotypes. But, it is also raising conflict within the world to remove

Do ethnically related mascots truly need to be changed in the world of sports? Most would respond with a resounding “Yes,” arguing that names such as “Redskins” and “Chiefs” are derogatory, and need to be removed. On the other hand, others argue that these mascots show pride and dignity towards America’s past history. The debate on whether or not it is appropriate to name sports teams after native and foreign groups of people, has become a tremendous debate, but the side with a more cogent argument

bring them good luck”. This is the definition of a mascot and Willie the Wildcat is one of them. The Mascot Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for the United States mascots. To get into the Mascot Hall of Fame you have to have an impact on the sport and community, have groundbreaking performances, and is memorable and unique. It’s important that Willie the Wildcat should be nominated for Mascot Hall of Fame because they want to remember the mascots and their great effects on the community. Plus, KSU

tribes and the government are taking on the use of Indian names and mascots in sports. This controversial topic has been discussed and argued over for at least the last decade, if not longer. People are starting to wonder if using these kinds of names are appropriate or offensive to the tribe the team is named after. The debate raises this question: should Indian names and mascots be allowed in sports? In the article “Indian Mascots—You’re Out” by Jack Shakely (2011), the author tries to convince

Mascots are entertaining animals or historical figures to represent a sports team or a school. However, what is considered fun to others may be harmful to many more. Most Native American tribes do not like schools and teams to use their name as a mascot. There have been many discussions lately whether to ban the use of the names relating to American Indians. Native Amerian mascots should be banned. These names may be racist and belittle the moral values of the tribe. These names and actions can hurt

A school mascot is a symbol of pride. Of home. Of family. It captures all the hope and self worth of the students in a school, and all the competitiveness, loathing, and rivalry of the other schools. A mascot is an important symbol in life, and also in the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. A book in which the main character, Melinda, attends Merryweather High, a school going through many dramatic changes in mascot throughout her freshman year. These mascots symbolize the very dramatic changes

other hand opponents will argue that using these names is degrading the Native American culture. According to the author, many research’s asked the question, what does these names or mascots represent? The author point view shows that these mascots might bring more harm than good. According to many studies, mascots is a great representation to the Native American people and what they stand for including pride,

Mascot Hall of Fame Induction Before Cosmo the Cougar was the official mascot for Brigham Young University, the school was represented by two real animals. The school kept two live cougars on their campus. At every game, the cougars would roam around the sidelines, in a cage of course. In 1929, after let’s just say the cougars escaped, so the school switched to Cosmo as their permanent mascot. Now, Cosmo is able to roam around the BYU campus without alarming anybody (7 facts). Cosmo the Cougar should

Are team mascots using stereotypes? What about the team names? And their logos? Mascots and team names are stereotypical or offensive. These are all teams that have stereotypes. If a team name, mascot, or insignia is offensive, then just change it; it is just a sports team. Even if a team changes it, it is not like every jock, or sports fan is not going to know theyour new name, mascot, or insignia. Using Native American images and names in professional, collegiate, and high school sports teams do

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

league sports such as the NFL and the MLB use Native Americans as Mascot. One of the teams in the NFL and MLB have been using Native Americans mascot for decades, and many people and organizations have tried to bring the controversy to light, but have been ignored. This controversy has been happening in some schools in the United States as well as in Canada, and it still continues. The well-known team that uses Native American mascot is by the Washington redskins in the NFL. The Native American see

There are many sports mascots today that are being accused of being offensive. Smithville is a school that is being questioned as being offensive. Smithville schools have had the mascot of a warrior for about half a century. However, now people are thinking that the use of a warrior as a school mascot is offensive to Native Americans.This is a recent problem that is just now being discussed. This wasn’t a problem when we came up with the name, so why is it a problem now? The Smithville Warriors should

misidentified Native Americans speaking out on behalf of the mascots. Many of those who spoke out in favor of the mascots were found to be “self-proclaimed” Native Americans. These people were maybe one-sixteenth Native American or confusedly said to be related to a Native American chief or princess. The article by Pauline Strong supports this idea stating “given this pattern of socialization, many non-Indians come to feel deeply invested in Indian mascots... Such an emotional investment is a form of White

Many believe that teams with controversial names and mascots are racist and offensive. They think there should be a ban on names such as the Chiefs or the Redskins, for they perpetuate stereotypes that Americans have had about Native Americans since the days of the Wild West. Although their reasons may be strong, there should not be a ban because these names are made to honor Native Americans, most Native Americans don't find these names and mascots offensive, and some names are not as insulting as

Indigenous Mascots Did you know that Indians are the 7th most common mascot for schools, even though it can be considered racist, (“100 most frequently used mascots” mascots.com). This is discriminating against Native Americans because it is putting them into the same category as an animal. So how can we pay respect back to the Native Americans? Indian mascots are racist and they should not be used as school's mascot. More than 10,000 students in Kansas reported that they find their Indian mascot to be