Monday, September 22, 2008
Team Mascot Movie
Now that we've watched the Native American movie on team mascots twice in class now, it's really opened up my eyes and see things from a different perspective. I had no idea how hurtful the Indian/chief team mascots were to Native Americans. I applaud the mother in the video protesting against College teams. She had to stand up against all of the fans at the University of Illinois who were extremely rude and were not even willing to listen to what she had to say. My jaw literally dropped during half of the movie with the hurtful words that came from some of the fans mouths. I was completely moved by this movie and believe that it should be shown in many schools to set an example. This movie displays discrimination and can really open people's eyes who are willing to take into consideration the mother's feelings and compare it to a variety of cultures, ethnicities or any diverse group who has been discriminated against.
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Jenna posted about how she has just seen a "costume" of an Indian here in EL - look on her site and see what she says - but you are right, this movie is touching and opens us up to a reality we did not know about.
I was also moved by the movie. I had never realized how many sports teams used Native Americans or NA references as mascots. I was appalled at the way she was treated and could not believe that people were so insensitive to her views. I could believe that drunk college kids might give her a hard time, but I never thought that administrators at the university would be so opposed to her cause. It left me dumbfounded to watch as those that we consider extremely educated men and women ignored blatant racism and ignorance. I kept flashing back to images of the civil rights movement, when nobody in the south seemed to see a problem with segregation. I think we need to learn from history and weed out the inequality in the world. This cannot happen if we ignore that it exists because it is what we're used to. The movie opened my eyes to a whole new world of battles that are being fought that I had never even thought about.
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