Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation: We honored sports teams with racist mascots. Not
anymore.
Though one might not think of racism and discrimination
as factors in health, the clear science tells us otherwise. They impact the
physical, emotional and psychological health of people, especially
children. More specifically, research
shows deep psychological consequences caused by the perpetuation of American
Indian stereotypes — whether they are deemed “offensive” or not. As University
of Washington researcher Stephanie Fryberg and colleagues found, “American
Indian mascots are harmful because they remind American Indians of the limited
ways others see them and, in this way, constrain how they can see themselves.”
Tomahawk
Chops and Native American Mascots: In Europe, Teams Don’t See a Problem
For years, these teams were insulated from the vigorous
discussion about the use of this type of imagery by sports teams in the United
States, where critics long ago deemed the practice offensive and anachronistic.
This year, the Cleveland Indians announced that they would stop using their
Chief Wahoo logo on their uniforms beginning in 2019, continuing a decades-long
trend in which thousands of such references have disappeared from the American
sports landscape.
Native
American lacrosse teams kicked out of S.D. league amid racial tension
Lacrosse is considered America's oldest sport — an
important part of Native American cultures long before the arrival of
Europeans. It's still used to teach Native youth about culture, values and life
skills like keeping emotions under control. It can also be a path to college
for players who often come from impoverished reservations.
Lacrosse is considered America's oldest sport — an
important part of Native American cultures long before the arrival of
Europeans. It's still used to teach Native youth about culture, values and life
skills like keeping emotions under control. It can also be a path to college
for players who often come from impoverished reservations.
The primarily Native teams expelled from the Dakota
league — Susbeca and 7 Flames are the others — say they were kicked out after
asking the league to address their allegations. They provided copies of letters
they said they sent to the league and to U.S. Lacrosse in 2016 and 2017, detailing
the cellphone-toting parent incident and other specific instances of racial
slurs and overly rough play.
"Racism kind of goes across the board with all
sports," he said. "It's the attitude and belief that people in the
Dakotas have always had to the indigenous population, for hundreds of
years."
Palestinian
Group Asks Iroquois Nationals to Withdraw from Lacrosse Championships in Israel
Because they have similar issues of colonization
