The Mascots Who Shall Not be Named
Submitted on October 2, 2011
By TOM SEMIOLI - September 30-October 2, 2011
...[T]here are still some sports teams and their loyal fans who just don’t “get it” when it comes to the stark reality of blatantly racist sports mascots...The landscape of college and professional sports is littered with team logos, chants, and other cheer-leading activities that have denigrated and grossly misrepresented a culture that oft practiced a greater reverence for the environment, humanity, and the animal kingdom than did the European settlers who “discovered” America...
