I say we should change mascots to be pollitically correct because it can be offensive. Like people might be offended by the native american mascots if they are native american and the mascot is doing something weird.

I say we should change mascots to be pollitically correct because it can be offensive. Like people might be offended by the native american mascots if they are native american and the mascot is doing something weird.

If schools start changing there names other schools with somewhat offensive names will start changing to and eventually the nation will have no racist or offensive names. When more and more schools start switching the teams that are left with the racial names will fell the urge to change there name.

They should change the mascots, because it can be harmful to natives. What would happen is that kids at school would call the natives the "Team Names" which would be like the Redskins, or other native or Indian names. It would hurt the kids so much that the parents would have to take their kids out of school. So I think that they should change the mascots.

When natives watch the football teams they like, they are practically being mocked. Therefore, its not fair to them to have to be mocked for watching something they love.

I believe that mascots should be changed to be more politically correct. Many teams use mascots based on Native Americans that are in many ways offensive. Many people take great offense in a mascot based after a group, such as Native Americans. A national campaign called "change the mascot" was created to end the use of racial slurs such as mascot names because of people offended by this racial epithet. Having a Native American as your mascot not only is extremely stereotypical, it can also be extremely degrading. A team called the "Arabs" in California uses a mascot at it's game, that is a snarling, bushy Arabian man. If you believe that that is okay, you need to see this mascot for yourself. This mascot has offended so many people, it's crazy. Also, if team names and mascots were changed, the teams would be strengthened, and there would be more fans. If you were Native American and you saw the same dark skinned mascot with a feathered headdress at every game, would you be offended? You probably would be. Another thing is that teams with mascots and names like that get a lot of hate, which brings down the confidence of the team and people of that school or state, causing the team to do worse and the people to be unhappier. All of these politically incorrect mascots and names create so much unhappiness that we could avoid, it just isn't worth it.

I say we should change mascots to be politically correct because some people would take great offense. Its really disrespectful to hundreds of American Indian tribes across the United States. All of the tribes has there own culture and traditions but the mascots are showing them in a cartoonish and stereotypical way. Also the state of Wisconsin passed a law that bans mascots, logos and nicknames based on Native Americas. Another point is that the members of the Sioux tribe sued the university of North Dakota for keeping the nickname Fighting Sioux. Therefore I think we should change the mascots to be politically correct. My sources are the article Honor or Insult.

names like chiefs, redskins black hawks Indians and Aztecs are highly offensive to native americans. Therefhttp://www.newrepublic.com/article/115106/ranking-racist-sports-team-mascots-names-and-logosore they should change it. source

You can't have teams out there being called names that they are not. You can't be having them called The Redskins, or The Jews or something like that. They don't have the right to be called that.

I say that we should change mascots also because using Native American sports references is a sign of disrespect. Every single one of the hundreds of Native American tribes across the nation have different cultures and traditions. Yet, tons of the teams referencing different tribes wear the same headdresses and war paints that not all tribes wear. Also, opposing mascots discuss often how they think the teams show off Indian Culture in a cartoon-ish way. It makes all tribes seem the same and not at all different.

I say that mascots should be changed to be more politically correct also because teams that use offensive names like this get a lot of hate. A school in California uses the name "Arabs" and their mascot is a snarling Arabian man, which causes much hate from other schools around the world, and other local schools. With the school getting hate, it could cause students to become unhappy, possibly bullied. This could result in the students doing very serious, permanent things.

I say that schools should change their mascots if they appear offensive. Because if a mascot is of an Arab then it could be quite offensive to Arab-Americans if the mascot looks angry and does strange things. One reason is it could be stereo typically offensive. Such as the ¨redskins¨ which means the scalp of an Indian. Which would be highly offensive. Another reason is they may be misunderstood. My example of that is the native american head dress with feathers meaning honor yet a mascot could use it with no idea of the meaning. Lastly, it could give a bad image of Indians or Arabs. Because they could have a bad or strange depiction of Arabs. So schools should change their mascot if it offends or shows something it shouldn't of someone/something.

I think some schools should change their mascots, one example why is most native american mascots are shown in a cartoonist way. Basically they are making native Americans look bad with every thing they show about them, Such as: cheer leaders wearing a headdress, and all this team apparel making the native Americans look like bad things like head hunters. The teams are making a stereotype of what all the native Americans are thought of.

According to the article "honor or insult." Many schools have decided to change their mascots because students or fans were not proud of the mascot. Either they were funny or a joke or they were racist. In 1972 Stanford Univercity became one of the first major collages to drop its Native American mascot/logo to something different. Many other colleges have also switched their mascots/logos like St. John's Univercity in New York, and so did the Univercity of Illinois.

I say that school mascots should be changed

Stereo typing is bad. Ayoub said that in nearly 10 years in civil rights he have never encountered a more egregious case of stereotyping. Each has its own culture and traditons. Yet many American Indian mascots wear feathered headdresses and war paint. They often carry tomahawks opponents of these mascots say they show American Indian culture in a cartoonish way.

Names Changing. In 1972 Stanford University became one of the first major schools to change the nickname and other schools followed. Like North Dakota use to be The fighting sioux and St. John's was the Redman now red storm.

I think that school mascots should be changed

I think that people should respect cultures they shouldn't just use a Indian if there not even Indian its just disrespectful to just make a mascot that is not resist because using a different culture mascot could be disrespectful to all cultures and i think that schools should be learning to respect cultures not disrespect. Arab head, hook-nose, long-beard, headscarf and all on mascot could be offensive to cultures.

the fact that even one person is offended by a mascot is sickening. Any mascot that hurts someones feelings or makes an entire race or culture look bad has to be changed, it is just like bullying. Even if nobody is around to be hurt by it, it still can be disrespectful or inaccurate. Support your own state's laws (yes there is a law in Wisconsin that puts a ban on mascots based on cultures and races). They are people to.