It’s Not Just The Redskins
The use of Native American names for sports franchises extends far beyond the professional level. Hayley Munguia figured out how far.
I searched the database and found 2,129 sports teams that reference Braves, Chiefs, Indians, Orangemen, Raiders, Redmen, Reds, Redskins, Savages, Squaws, Tribe and Warriors, as well as tribe names such as Apaches, Arapahoe, Aztecs, Cherokees, Chickasaws, Chinooks, Chippewas, Choctaws, Comanches, Eskimos, Mohawks, Mohicans, Seminoles, Sioux and Utes. (Not all teams with the names “Raiders” and “Warriors” are referencing Native Americans, but we spot-checked 20 schools with each name and a majority of each did.)
There is a lot of work to do.
Copyright 2014 Liberaland
By: Stuart Shapiro
Stuart is a professor and the Director of the Public Policy
program at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. He teaches economics and cost-benefit analysis and studies
regulation in the United States at both the federal and state levels.
Prior to coming to Rutgers, Stuart worked for five years at the Office
of Management and Budget in Washington under Presidents Clinton and
George W. Bush.
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Jonathan Swift September 7th, 2014 at 11:21
Three Orangemen, was John Boehner offended? In most cases it is not so much the name as the disgusting caricature mascots that is offensive. Savages is questionable and Redskins is absolutely indefensible. Warriors, Raiders and even Chiefs are not ethnically specific. Vikings and Fighting Irish are more specific. Lastly how many of the Native American specific names belong to school teams that are on or near reservations?.
Jonathan Swift September 7th, 2014 at 11:21
Three Orangemen, was John Boehner offended? In most cases it is not so much the name as the disgusting caricature mascots that is offensive. Savages is questionable and Redskins is absolutely indefensible. Warriors, Raiders and even Chiefs are not ethnically specific. Vikings and Fighting Irish are more specific. Lastly how many of the Native American specific names belong to school teams that are on or near reservations?.
Pilotshark September 16th, 2014 at 10:32
Think the 75 Redskins and the 13 Savages, 2 Squaws, are in line for a change.
imho
Pilotshark September 16th, 2014 at 10:32
Think the 75 Redskins and the 13 Savages, 2 Squaws, are in line for a change.
imho