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Watching football is awesome. You get to hang out with friends and family, eating chips and drinking sodas. It was Columbas weekend and the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins were playing. During the game, native americans were angry and wanted to stop the game, but it didn’t. Native americans, later, were protesting to change the name because it is offensive to them. Some say that the team should change the name, while others say that they shouldn’t. The team's own says no, some of the fans says no, Dan Snyder says no, and Jason Begay says no. If people looked at this not as something atrocious, but as something positive, there wouldn’t be a problem.

The NFL team, the Washington Redskins have been around since 1933, when they went from the name, the Boston Braves to the Washington Redskins. They changed the name because there was already a baseball team named the Boston Braves. In, 1972, a number of Native American leaders met with Redskins President Edward Bennett Williams and urged him to change the team’s name. From 1974-1978, the Washington Redskins receive four more federal trademark registrations, including the famous logo of a two-feathered Native American warrior. In 2004, a poll was shown that stated that 9 out of 10 native americans weren’t offended by the name, ‘Redskins’. In 2006, several Native Americans filed a petition to cancel all of the team’s trademark regulations. As

I decided to do my paper on the Dallas Cowboys because not only are they Americas team but they are my team. The Dallas Cowboys have 5 Super Bowl rings and haven’t one in 20 years but still are one of the most hated or most discussed football organizations in America. Well the history goes all the way back to 1960 the Dallas Cowboys were born with the help of Clint Murchison Jr. as the owner, Tex Schramm as the General Manager, and the Iconic Tom Landry as the head coach. But the team finished the 1960 season with a horrible 0-11-1 record. In 1961 The Cowboys are moved into the NFL Eastern Conference and having losing seasons until 1966 when they have a 10-3-1 record. In the 60’s the Cowboys were in involved in one of the greatest games which

The Redskins name symbolizes the organizations past, present and future. Coaches, players, and dedicated fans are concerned that the franchise will lose the support of the community and funding if a campaign to change the Redskins name is not implemented.

There has been many controversy with teams using Native American name for mascots and has become a major issue in today’s society. Many have viewed the Washington Redskins as honor for Native Americans, others see it racist, insensitive, and demeaning. Woods (2016) claims that “the complaint is that the use of stereotypical team names, mascots, and logos perpetuates an ideology that dehumanizes and demeans the cultures of Native Americans” (p. 298). Since the issue arise, many scholars, journalists and leaders have joined the battle to ensure that each team will eliminate the nicknames since it is considered abusive or hostile. It may take time but the trend is growing. More than 1,400 professional, collegiate,

If another NFL team owner attempted to defend their mascot like Dan Snyder has defended the Redskins, it would seem absolutely ridiculous. There is no honor and tradition behind a lightning bolt, dolphin, or any other cartoon-esque mascot in the NFL or other sports organizations. As long as Native Americans, the group that the Redskins mascot is targeting, are upset, then actions need to be taken to change the mascot. The Washington Redskins are the third-most valuable team in the NFL, with a roughly $1.7 billion value; since the team has so much money, finding some spare change for a new mascot would be the opposite of a problem. According to Allen Adamson, the managing director of Landor Associates, a consulting and designing firm, designing and unveiling a new mascot for Washington would cost the team between $10 and $15 million (McCarthy 12). Although, if Dan Snyder announced that he would be changing the mascot for Washington, some Native American-based organizations may step up to cover parts of the expenses. Updating advertising and merchandise for the Redskins would be an additional expense, but it would ultimately be cost effective for the team. Updated merchandise would most likely sell out in record time, and ticket sales for any of Washington’s games would skyrocket. If anything, Dan Snyder should at least weigh the pros and cons of changing

The word redskin is both offensive and degrading to the Native Americans, and is a word that should be banned in the United States. Most people simply think “ What is the harm in the word redskin?”. For most people they do not realize that it seems the word is harmless but it’s actually offensive to others. If we go around using this word, we are teaching young people it's okay to use the word “blackie” to african americans, or that it's okay to Caucasian“whitie”. The world also holds negative association so when you use it towards someone it seems as if you're trying to call them a hurtful name. It’s not a literal insult but it’s not something we should be saying. The National Football League has a professional team named the Washington Redskins,

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

When one typically thinks about a Native American, they picture this ideological representation of a Native American as depicted by popular culture. Native Americans are underrepresented on television, in books, in news, and all other forms of media. We, as a society, have chosen a path of ignorance in which we have chosen not to educate ourselves or our future generations on the true culture of Native Americans. We have ignored the negative impacts of using mascots such as “Redskins” and instead let it serve as a stereotype to fill our heads with unrealistic views and understandings of Native American culture. The resulting misconceptions leave many Native American students with a feeling of inferiority and questioning their self-worth.

This case explores the operating exposure of Jaguar PLC in 1984, just as the government is about to relinquish control and take the company public via an IPO. The primary concern of the CFO is that Jaguar sells over 50% of its cars in the US, while its production costs and factories are U.K.-based. This currency mismatch creates operating exposure for the firm that needs to be hedged.

Teams that have the name like Redskins, Indians, and Red Raiders are racist terms used as mascots. Interchange the name with the Negroes, the Jews or the Asians and that sounds even worse but, it all means the same thing. They are all racist terms that no one should use to represent something like a team name. According to racismagainstindians.org, Native Americans were banned from practicing their own religion and would be often thrown in jail if they were caught all the way up to 1978. But when nonnative people at sporting events would dance and sing their songs it would be completely okay. This makes no sense,

One reason that the names should be allowed is that it is just a name it doesn't have a positive or negative connotation. As Daniel Snyder is quoted saying “The name of our football team is just the name of our football team.”(Wulf 1). This quote shows that Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Washington Redskins thinks

Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians are two examples of teams with a logo people find offensive. “They have been targeted by an organization of Native Americans activists, the National Coalition on Racism and they said it

It all started in 1920 with the fourteen-league American Professional Football Association. The league broke into two competing rivals, the National Football League

Today in America the word Racism is taken to a whole new level. Even in sports, such as the NFL racism prospers. For instance the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Native Americans are trying to say the NFL is being rude for naming a Team Redskins. The Redskins have had that name since 1933 (Staff). The team had the name of Braves before they adopted the name Redskins. It was changed due to racism purposes. Some people would agree that the whole situation with Redskins is ridiculous because The Major League Baseball series has two teams related to Native Americans, The Atlanta Braves and The Cleveland Indians. The NFL also has more than just Redskins. They have the Kansas City Chiefs. So if they are really worried about