Tag: native mascots

Whether it be stereotypical, savage-looking images, prejudiced names, or how stadiums fill up with fans with red-painted faces participating in gestures related to hostility, Native American mascots in sports teams are still around – and some don’t look to be going anywhere anytime soon.  Since the 1960s, the use of….

Ahead of the kickoff for Super Bowl LV on Sunday, a local group staged a protest at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Raymond James Stadium to urge the team to ditch the Kansas City Chiefs mascot out of respect for Native Americans.  The St. Petersburg-based Florida Indigenous Rights and Environmental Equality,….

As reported in Bethesda Magazine, a school in Bethesda, Maryland is banning apparel that has the Washington Redskins team name or logo. Green Acres School, a private school in North Bethesda, sent out information to families of the students that attend the private school that there might be calls home….