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Is It Offensive for Sports Teams and Their Fans to Use Native American Names, Imagery and Gestures?

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Answer:

It honestly depends

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It really depends on who your asking like for ex. some schools start petitions to change the mascot when they're not even natives. Some natives are proud of their history as America's first people and like that they are represented as a mascot but some natives find it offensive and some don't like the fact that they're a mascot which I understand. Like, I'll admit the Washington Football Team's former name the Redskins..I'll admit thats a little disprespectful I mean...Redskin..think about it. So to be honest its an opinion

User Joel Malone
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Not at all because this country is all about the mixture of many different cultures.
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