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Journal Article
A Public Accommodations Challenge to the Use of Indian Team Names and Mascots in Professional Sports
1999
Overview
Five professional sports teams currently have American Indian names and mascots: the Atlanta Braves, Chicago Blackhawks, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Chiefs, and Washington Redskins. The accompanying mascots, such as the Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo, represent stereotypical and racist depictions of American Indians. In addition, team mascots, players, and cheerleaders engage in sham rituals - war songs, dances, and actions like the tomahawk chop - that not only manifest blatant racism, but also constitute direct attacks on American Indian religious practices. It is clear that the analogous use of any other racial or ethnic group as a sports team mascot would be considered socially repugnant and reprehensible. A mounting chorus of protests denounce the use of Indian mascots and team names as a virulently racist practice, and the public acknowledgment of impropriety is growing. The fundamental purpose of remedial civil rights legislation is to alter the majority group's actions. With sufficient factual findings of a deterrent effect, Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should succeed in prohibiting discriminatory Indian team names and mascots.
