Abandoned video for renaming mascots post
Dec. 22nd, 2020 04:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neonvincentI could have used this video for 'SNL,' Cleveland.com, and John Oliver on pro sports teams dropping offensive Native American names and mascots, but I decided I had enough material already. Maybe for a followup.
Learn about the use of Native American mascots in sports and the Not Your Mascot movement.
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America is famous for its sports franchises and rabid fans at both the pro and collegiate levels. However, there is one group of Americans for whom sports are a painful memory. On a daily basis, they are reminded of their people's tragic history. These are the original Americans, the Native Americans. Some people are trying to put an end to the last vestiges of racial stereotyping and denigration in US sports. This documentary takes a closer look at the Native American mascot debate and the use of racist mascots in sports.
Aviva Kempner is the award-winning director of successful docs like "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" and "Yoo-Hoo Mrs Goldberg." Kevin Blackistone is an award-winning national sports columnist. Together they are working to bring the documentary "Imagining the Indian" to the screen. We caught up recently with Aviva and Kevin from their homes in Washington DC.
"I've come to be opposed to all these names. The Not Your Mascot slogan is so true. People are not property of others, certainly when it is a culture that is being appropriated. We're supposed to be past that." - Kevin Blackistone
Learn about the use of Native American mascots in sports and the Not Your Mascot movement.
Subscribe for more from Factual America: http://bit.ly/AlamoPictures
America is famous for its sports franchises and rabid fans at both the pro and collegiate levels. However, there is one group of Americans for whom sports are a painful memory. On a daily basis, they are reminded of their people's tragic history. These are the original Americans, the Native Americans. Some people are trying to put an end to the last vestiges of racial stereotyping and denigration in US sports. This documentary takes a closer look at the Native American mascot debate and the use of racist mascots in sports.
Aviva Kempner is the award-winning director of successful docs like "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" and "Yoo-Hoo Mrs Goldberg." Kevin Blackistone is an award-winning national sports columnist. Together they are working to bring the documentary "Imagining the Indian" to the screen. We caught up recently with Aviva and Kevin from their homes in Washington DC.
"I've come to be opposed to all these names. The Not Your Mascot slogan is so true. People are not property of others, certainly when it is a culture that is being appropriated. We're supposed to be past that." - Kevin Blackistone
