Rogerian Argument Summary

After reading this article I believe that it is not racist for a school team to keep their Indian mascots. A school has its right to keep a name that they have had for years. I believe that every team has their name for a reason. That they have taken it too far with the racist stuff. No one is being racist these schools have had their Indian mascots and their Indian names for years and they have absolutely no right to now come out and say these schools are being “racist” towards the tribes. I don’t believe they have any right to tell a team or force a team to stop using a mascot that they have had for years. The Redskins first roster included 4 Native American players in 1933. They have had their name for more the 40 years there is no right

In Sherman Alexie’s novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” the narrator portrays both internal and external conflicts throughout his journey to success. Arnold Junior Spirit is a fourteen-year-old boy who believes that in order to pursue his dream he will have to choose between staying in his Spokane Indian reservation or moving out to an all-white school in the neighboring farm town. But things aren’t as easy as they seem when Junior tries moving schools because he know has to be part of two communities. Many conflicts form within the Spokane Indian reservation and the Spokane Indian reservation as well comes into conflict with the white community.

Education —an institution for success, opportunity, and progress — is itself steeped in racism. In Sherman Alexie’s short story “Indian Education” from his book The Longer Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is set in two places, the Spokane Indian Reservation and a farm town nearby the reservation. The story is written in a list of formative events chronologize Victor’s youth by depicting the most potent moment from each year he is in school. Alexie addresses the issue of racism in education by examining examples of injustice and discrimination over twelve years in a boy’s life. Victor faces his initial injustice in first grade when he is bullied by bigger kids, but his understanding of injustice becomes much more complex in grades two through twelve as he experiences discrimination against his American Indian identity. Familial experiences of a Native woman, Alexie’s style and humor, and Victor’s awareness of discrimination from grade one to twelve all reveal the grim reality of growing up and being schooled on an American Indian reservation.

Whatever connotations the word may have accrued since then, this denotation is in no way derogatory.  Those American Indians that believe the word to have a derogatory meaning should inform the groups that represent them in the public lobby.  One such highly visible organization entitles itself "The American Indian Movement." This organization's sole purpose is to advance the political interests of American Indians.  If Indian is a derogatory term in all contexts, why does this organization use the word in its name?  Furthermore, the Order of the Arrow, an honor organization within the Boy Scouts of America that bases its ideals on American Indian tradition, consults with a representative committee of many American Indian tribes on a regular basis to decide, among other things, how to refer to American Indians.  For years they were referred to by the "politically correct" label of Native American.  However, while I was attending one of the Order's regional planning conferences in 1996, we were informed that this committee had requested us to use the label "American Indian."  Obviously tribal leadership, as well as other representative organizations, wants us to use "American Indian" officially.  Obviously "Indian" is not a derogatory term in all contexts, since official representatives of American Indian tribes encourage its usage.

In some cases a schools decision to cut sports in order to comply with Title IX has lead to a lawsuit. An example of this would be Miami University. The university formed a committee to address the issue of Title IX compliance and hired a consultant as well. "The committee and consultant determined that in order to comply with Title IX, the university had the option of eliminating a few sports for men. As a result, the university eliminated the men's soccer, wrestling and tennis teams, effective at the end of the 1999 spring semester (Challenge 2002)." On November 18, 1999, the plaintiffs filed a complaint against the defendants, claming that the defendants' elimination of the men's wrestling, tennis and soccer programs at Miami University, a state university of the State of Ohio and a recipient of federal funds, constituted gender discrimination in violation of the 20 U.S.C.& et seq. And violated their rights to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment (United 2002). The court found that the plaintiffs failed

Such names as “Braves” and “Warriors.” The article How “Indian” mascots oppress it claims that

With the article “The real history of native american team names”. This quote says...“so-called civilization regulations forbade Native Americans to speak their languages, practice their religions or leave their reservations.”. This means that back then the indians didn't have the right to practice their rituals or leave their reservations and they fought heavily for their rights to do that. It's pretty self explanatory. All of these articles/ stories have something to do with fighting for equal rights and all of them gained what they

United States sporting teams have a storied history of satirizing or playing off stereotypes when choosing team mascots. The use of the term Redskins, and other offensive Native American imagery, has been justified through its intention to honor tradition and Native Americans. The controversy surrounding the use of Native American mascots began in the 1960s with the Native American Civil Rights Movement (Dimisa). With the nationwide debate over whether the term is offensive or just satire, the state of California made a historic decision to become the first state to ban the use of the term Redskins as a mascot. Following the ban of using Redskins as a mascot, it is imperative that the nation take initiative to ban all use of Native

The Cleveland Indians decided they are going to get rid of Chief Wahoo logo next year (Waldstein, 2018). Many Native Americans are happy, while others are not bothered with the decision. It may be a win for Native Americans for baseball, but for football not so much. Native Americans have questioned the use of the name Washington Redskins since the 1960’s. Yet, it didn’t receive national attention until the 1990’s. There have been many cases in which the Redskins logo was fought to remove the trademark owned by the Pro-Football Inc. In one landmark case that stood out to me was Pro-Football Inc vs Harjo.

One argument from the readings in the New York TImes discusses how the Florida State Seminoles and the Seminole tribe work together in harmony. This article provides a valid argument against changing the Native American name because there is mutual respect between

This occurred whether the African-Americans had ever considered themselves members of the tribe or not. While the Constitution locks in members of the fourteen recognized bands, which includes two Freedmen bands, and it does not differentiate Native from African American, the African Americans expect equal treatment under the law and right to money awarded from the Seminole Judgment Fund from the right to sue for confiscation of tribal lands. Unlike Abraham, mixed-race Seminoles will be subjected to an identity crisis, dependent on which parent may be the African or Indian decent, or even which phenotype resulted from that amalgamation (whether more “Indian” or more “African” observable

The first argument that correspond in both Lawrence and Bear’s articles is the activism done for women’s rights. In Lawrence’s article after recognizing the gender discrimination owing to the Indian Act, the Mohawk women in the 1960’s created an organization called Indian Rights for Indian women which primarily focused on women’s loss of status but also concentrated on the disempowerment of their rights:

It would also be necessary to visit the tribes to display federal government potency. Secretary Cass also recommended to the President that three commissioners would be appointed to carry out these recommendations. The commissioners would be required to survey their territory, and report any issues regarding the condition of the land or boundary, supervise employment related to the removal, scrutinize federal funding, and make recommendations that will lead to the “improvement, government, and security of the Indians.” Although Indians were addressed as one entity in the letter, the language in Gen. Cass’s measure was directed more at the Seminoles since he earlier identified that “the happiest consequences have already resulted from the emigration of both Creeks and Cherokees,” and the Seminoles demonstrated the strongest defiance to moving. The federal government decided that the Seminoles, who were more resistant to moving, needed additional guarantees to convince them to

Roberts' second proposal, "take the less regular side" trains the peruser to be unconcerned about the perspective of the peruser when composing his contentions. He exhorts taking a point which takes into consideration more unique contentions as this will be additionally fascinating. Taking the less normal perspective will consider creativity. Roberts depicts the side that looks hardest to safeguard as the side that will demonstrate less demanding to expound on and all the more fascinating. The one theme he exhorts against is identities, which he relates is no viewed as diverting.

Starting Sentence that I will put in eventually. One of these protagonists was Roger from “Thank you Ma’am. Roger was the most effective, because he was honest, he was able to feel remorse, and had the greatest character development. One of the primary reasons why Roger was the most effective, was he was honest. When Roger first meets Mrs. Jones, he was nothing but honest about his motives and what he intended to do with her money. This makes him effective, because it makes him easy to sympathize with, the audience would be able to put themselves in his shoes. Additionally, he was effective,because he was able to show remorse for his actions. Roger did not want to steal from Mrs. Jones, but he had too, he tried to show he was remorseful multiple