Adrian Rodriguez

ID # 80571947
Sports Issues

Annotated Bibliography

Angle, Justin. "New Research Shows How Native American Sports Mascots
Reinforce Negative Stereotypes." Raw Story. The Conversation, 13 Sept. 2016.
This article from The Conversation, talks about stereotypical sports logos like for
example the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Blackhawks and Florida State Seminoles,
which create and perpetuate stereotypes against Native people. And also describes
about others who have argued that these mascots are harmless, that they symbolize
reverence and respect, while honoring the history of Native Americans. This article
also talks about the controversy it has created like boycotts, protest, and lawsuits. It
also mansions a survey that has been conducted and talks about 90 percent of the
Native Americans polled werent offended by the Redskins name.

Desta, Yohana. "9 Controversial Sports Mascots Throughout History." Mashable.

N.p., 03 Sept. 2014. Web.
Yohana talks about some of the most offensive mascots in the US that depict the
American Indian culture. Some of this offensive mascots are found in baseball,
football, hockey and even rugby, which Yohana believes they leave some
psychological effects in some people by giving the wrong impression to people
especially kids, about Native Americans. Yohana lists nine teams by giving a brief
information about the teams name and logo, and also informs us about the
controversy each has created.

Barrabi, Thomas. "Washington Redskins And The 5 Most Offensive Team Names
In Sports." International Business Times. N.p., 18 June 2014. Web.
This article talks about sports teams logos that have created a huge controversy
within the people. It talks about events that have happened in effort to change some
of this logos through protest, petitions and even court cases. The website gives
some examples of offensive sports logos history about its name and what has been
done about it.

Richards, Aaron Taube and Katie. "15 Racist Brand Mascots And Logos That
Make The Redskins Look Progressive." Business Insider. Business Insider, Inc, 19
June 2014. Web.
In the article Aaron talks about a court case that happened on a Wednesday in
effort to remove the trademark an American Football team has, known as the
Washington Redskins. The court case ruled that the franchise/ the Washington
Redskins have the right to keep their logo and name. Aaron also talks about other
examples of stereotypical names and logs from teams and products like food.

Rhodes, Margaret. "The Unwavering Racism Of Native American Sports Logos."

Co.Design. N.p., 14 May 2014. Web.
This article talks about a fan from the Cleveland Indians, Dennis Brown who took
a stand against the teams racist logo by posting a picture on Twitter of his jersey,
who later than caused the de-cheafing movement that wants racist logos to be
changed to something more appropriate. It also talks about what the teams have
done to their logo in effort to decrease the amount of critics.

Tracy, Marc. "The Most Offensive Team Names in Sports: A Definitive Ranking."
New Republic. N.p., 09 Oct. 2013. Web.
In this article the author talks about what the fans of certain teams think about their
teams name and logo. The article also ranks the teams from the least racist names
to the most racist names. It also gives a brief history of each sports teams name and
logo, which explain why they have that certain logo and name.

Glantz. "Controversial Logos." Glantz Design. N.p., 15 Dec. 2014. Web.

This article talks about controversial sports logos in how it works as an advantage
and disadvantage for the team. The article talks about the Cleveland Indians, and
the Chicago Blackhawks, in how they create and perpetuate stereotypes against
Native people. The article describes the importance of a logo for the team in many
ways, but also mentions the controversy it has created like boycotts, protest, and
lawsuits.