Sports have always been an arena for criticism, hatred and discrimination of certain groups or individuals. In actuality, racism and other forms of discrimination, within the microcosm of sport, will forever be a reality. The fight against racism goes back into the years past slavery. During that time, it was mainly white people versus black people. Today, in this multicultural society there are many minority groups feeling the squeeze of being born “non-white”.
The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) is trying to get many sports teams to change from using Indians as they’re Mascot. Many people find this offensive since they portray them as nice friendly characters. "We're not so happy about the fact that they didn't make the decision to ban the use of Indian team names and mascots," Says Anishinabe-Ojibwe Nation(Source E) in Minnesota. As stated in the quote the chief is not pleased with the Indian name being disgraced and dishonored. They problem with this is that most teams and clubhouses don’t care about the Native Americans.
In one part of the movie the lost boys, John, and Michael are yelling and acting like the Indians and Wendy even says “do you want to act like savages forever?” Also, the Indians talked slowly and did not use complete sentences when talking. Overall, Disney falsely represented Native
The first greatest enemies of Native Americans during this same time our own Government. The earliest film stereotyping the Native Americans by Thomas Edison (1894) a movie titled “Ghost Dance,” one movie in a series of short films in Kinectoscopes about the Pueblo People. The poorly done editing depicted a demeaning, negative stereotyping of the Indian Nations. This opened up how the film industry would traditionally portray the Native Americans for many years. “Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenmore Cooper in the 1920 film version, depicted two brothers, Hawkeye, white being raised by the Mohicans.
Indigenous cultures have often been the victims of negative stereotyping, as is clearly demonstrated by American mass media. Films that target children have been particularly guilty of reinforcing various Native American stereotypes. Films such as Pocahontas and The Indian in the Cupboard often rely on an outdated and stereotypical view of Native Americans. One of the best examples of this kind of racial stereotyping in a children’s film, though, is Disney’s Peter Pan (1953). In this paper, I will argue that the film Peter Pan represents indigenous cultures in ways that are both inaccurate and disturbing.
Many of the Native Americans suffered from disease, starvation and death because of the forced relocation to the west. A change in climate and environment did not assist with the relocation of this society that had first existed on the American soil. This tragic incident is most remembered as the “The Trail of Tears”. Furthermore, the lack of compensation, by the government, to the Native Americans destroyed, the already diminishing, numbers of their eastern tribes. Many Americans opposed the removal of the Native Americans and argued that they too had been civilized and should be allowed to remain on the homelands, specifically Davey Crocket.
Then we have to show that we understand this. To fix this issue, I believe we must all emerge ourselves in the study of backgrounds. Learn about the ethical past of your neighbors. Non-Indian people may not be culturally aware that some cheerleading symbols, peace pipes, eagle feathers, war bonnets, and dances can be sacred to many American Indian tribal communities. Many mascots, logos, and nicknames represent stereotypical and racist images that demote American Indian people to a colonial version history.
The Europeans looked down on the Native Americans and referred to them as “savages” because their society did not match their own. The many different Native American tribes had their disagreements; however they all could agree that the arrival of the Europeans lead to the destruction of their people and cultures. In this essay, I will discuss the arrival of the three major European powers (England, France, and Spain), their different ways in colonizing, and how the conquering of the Americas destroyed Native American societies. I will use evidence from the textbooks, Indians in American History edited by Frederick Hoxie and The World Turned Upside Down edited by Colin Calloway to support my argument. The Natives in America possessed all of the aspects that human beings all over the world incorporated into their societies.
They often involved the outlawing of traditional social systems, values and spiritual beliefs. Whether these policies were misguided humanitarianism or malicious attempts to wipe out the Indian way of life, the effects of these policies were devastating. The undermining of beliefs and ceremonies meant that Aboriginal people could not practice many of the healing methods that had been so important to their well-being. Being Indian was often times illegal, frowned upon, but worst of all, something to be ashamed of. Being part of mainstream Canadian society was something to aspire to.
It was a widely held belief that Indigenous people were an inferior race and would eventually die out. Many policies enacted on them had a greatly detrimental effect upon their cultural heritage. Policies such as the forced Indigenous people off the land and into government reserves, the assimilation policy tried to force Indigenous people to adopt a Western lifestyle by giving up their traditional lifestyle and beliefs. They were expected to live and act like ‘white Australians’ but were denied equal wages, work conditions and welfare benefits received by other Australians. Other policies attempted to ‘breed-out’ Indigenous Australians by pairing an Indiginous individual with a white partner.