Mukwonago Chief Newspaper Case Study

“Sports Logos an Insult to Aboriginals” is an essay explaining how professional sports teams use Indian symbols. Aboriginals find it very offensive when sports teams adopt their cultural icons. The writer uses examples such as Cleveland Indians, Washington Redskins and Washington Redskins to portray an image of how these icons have been use. Augustine states that the use of these religious symbols or spiritual leaders as sports logos is offensive. Also, this leads to children to be victims of racism. It can be argued that people feel Aboriginal people should be honoured that these imagery of Indians is being used. Augustine argues back that no honour lies

Let us take a closer look at the Major League Baseball team, The Atlanta Braves. Over the years the team has changed their logo, but one thing has remained constant, the overall concept of the mascot. Today’s logo is displayed with the word Braves with a tomahawk directly below. During games, Braves fans band together to perform what is known as the tomahawk chop, where they cat as if their arms are tomahawks chopping through the air all the while chanting as if they were Indians. This is one of the many ways that the Native American is imitated in a negative may as if being mad a mockery of. Another example of how the American Indian is mocked is how not only are they the only culture to be portrayed as a mascot, but they are also one of the only cultures to be portrayed as a logo on tobacco an alcohol. The chewing tobacco, Red Man, as well as the alcohol brand, Firewater, use the image of the Native American as well as use the slang given to degrade the culture. Each of these franchises have furthered what the early films have begun and not only degraded the culture but made it to where the culture is a non-existent myth that is hidden away on reservations.

This is logos it refers to the men had the chance and women didn’t. It helps with the discrimination against women. It’s not fair for them not to be able to have the chance if it’s not given to them.

Other logos cited as offensive by the ADL include the Swastika and the "Blood Drop Cross" of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

Dating back several hundreds of years ago, Native Americans have been deprived, dehumanized, and demoralized ever since Christopher Columbus and his men came and seized the land from the Indigenous Peoples. There have been many tactics that have been used to strip the dignity of the Indigenous Peoples, but the use of an American Indian sports mascot is one tactic that has been in effect since 1932. There are some supporters of these various American Indian sports mascots such as Dan Snyder, the current team owner of the Washington Redskins, that do not feel that these sports mascots have any negative connotations. Dan Snyder may have had a few points when he wrote his letter, but he fails to realize that the American Indian Sports Mascots are

Barbash, Use logos to really catch the logical appeal of certain people. He uses the quote, “The issue is whether, because it’s been adopted by some white supremacist groups or because it was flown during the era of slavery, it is so offensive.” to really get the logical minded people thinking. People that this appeals to associate the first American flag with hate and bigotry, because the era it was created in was a

The essay “Common Themes and Questions about the Use of ‘Indian’ Logos” by Barbara Munson answers this question as well as many others which one might have. The article states that “‘Indian’ logos and nicknames create, support, and maintain stereotypes of a race of people. When such cultural abuse is supported by one or many of society's institutions, it constitutes institutional racism” (Munson 624). The depiction of Native Americans as brutes is stereotypical and untrue. While the school of organization may not be directly attempting to create these stereotypes, they are created, and they harm the Native American community. The term “Indian” is also incorrect and offencive as it was created in the belief that Native Americans were from India, which they are not. That is not the name they call themselves. As stated by Munson, a Native American, “We are known by the names of our nations” (Munson 625). Since they do not call themselves “Indians”, neither should others. It is disrespectful to use any name to refer to someone than what they wish to be called, especially when that name is tied to disrespectful representations of their culture. One should not misrepresent or degrade a group of people even if he believes that it causes no real

In the same way, Logos is seen when it is revealed that in the year of 2005, 7,163 bias incidents were recorded by the FBI. Cose logos to reinforce the idea that the grounds surrounding lynching are unfair and biased.

We are persuaded to feel sympathy as well as support the idea that what is happening to this people in unfair and should be changed because it is the right thing to do. The director is using logos to make us see that we are indeed of people in the work fielded and we have illegal immigrant that are not only qualified but willing to work and but their skill to use.

In the article she mentions a KKK/NeoNazi ralley in Charlottesville. In the 6th paragraph she says “...the likes of former KKK Grand Dragon David Duke walked the streets of Charlottesville with other white men, talking about “taking their country back”.” This quote can infer that this is a bad thing, and it’s not right. Later on in her article she says “It’s time to do our work. It starts just like an AA program: The first step is admitting we have a problem. I feel that her use of logos was important because she uses the term KKK referring back to when they were racist along time ago, and how bad they were to other races. It supports her argument because she wants to show what's happening and what's wrong with

There are not many uses of logos in this article, it can clearly be seen that this was the rhetoric device with the least amount of time spent one. Although it is not really used in the article, it can still be seen when she speaks of the MacArthur test that is currently used, and the

Currently, many professional programs are being urged to change their name due to controversy over offensive mascots and/or names. A few teams being targeted include the following: the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, and the Washington Redskins. The Kansas City Chiefs have not been receiving negative comments regarding their name, but will most likely persuaded to change in the future by virtue of how offensive the name and mascot can be. Even though many professional teams with controversial names are receiving most of the negativity, some major universities are beginning to have problems with their mascots. For example, people have recently began to disapprove the mascot and other racial symbols that the University of Mississippi use during athletic events.

"I do not wish to quarrel with any man or nation. I do not wish to split hairs, to make fine distinctions, or to set myself up as better than my neighbors. I seek rather, I may say, even an excuse for comforting to the laws of the land”. For his use of logo is getting people attention in his reasoning for this essay, fighting for justice. He forces the audience to view situation in a logical, pushing them to take action on their own and speak up for what is

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo has already been seen around the world. According to The Verge on Tuesday, this isn’t the only issue the committee is facing when it

There are many strategies that graphic designers and marketing directors use to create a logo for a company in order to form a brand. One logo strategy is to create an image that is familiar to individuals even if it’s an image that has never been seen before. Subjective familiarity is the “perception or feeling of familiarity, whether or not it is based on previous exposure” (Henderson and Cote 17). A critical finding in logo strategy is that cultures are homogenous in their response to design. “Gestalt psychology suggests that “good design is determined by culturally held beliefs” (Henderson and Cote 18). It may be difficult for an individual from an outside culture to understand a specific design. In one culture, the meaning of a sign can be completely opposite of the culture in which it is used, i.e. the use of the thumbs up signal.