Politics in the Toy Box: Sports Reporters, Native American Mascots, and the Roadblocks Preventing Change

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Whiteside
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
The Public ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Job Title

Numerous educational institutions and professional sports teams still use Native American mascots, despite strong opposition ranging from Native American groups to the American Psychological Association. Fans, community members, and teams defend the mascots by asserting that they honor Native American peoples. Sports journalists occupy a unique location in the debate, as they regularly cover teams with such mascots and commonly refer to them in stories. In light of this ongoing debate and pressure to change reporting practices, this research used a survey to examine sports reporters’ experiences and attitudes toward Native American mascots and their beliefs about the role they themselves should take in the public debate. Results show an overall lack of support for Native American mascots, with key differences based on participant race, job title, and belief in the value that sports bring to society. Furthermore, sports journalists appear to support taking a public stand on the issue but resist the idea of eliminating mascot references from stories. The author discusses the implications of these findings in light of the growing movement to ban these mascots, as well as the evolving role that sports journalists embody at the intersection of sports and social issues.

Displaying Race for Dollars: Racial Realism in Media and Entertainment

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Skrentny
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
First Amendment ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public Financing ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
The Public ◽  
Television Shows ◽  
Employment Sector ◽  
Racial Realism

This chapter explores racial realism in the advertising and entertainment industries (movies, TV, and professional sports). These cases are distinctive because they are almost totally focused on racial signaling—the image of the worker is very much the product that the employers are selling. Racial signaling is thus common in all of them, though rarer in sports than the other sectors, especially in the last few decades. Hence, the chapter shows that civil rights law does not authorize these practices. It also examines the possibility that television shows' dependence on use of federally regulated airwaves, and sports teams' dependence on the public financing of stadiums might provide legal openings for racial realism in these sectors. Since this employment sector is about expression, this chapter also explores possible First Amendment defenses for these employers, and shows that at least one court has found a constitutionally protected freedom to discriminate.

Sustainability Communication in North American Professional Sports Leagues: Insights From Web-Site Self-Presentations

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorene Ciletti ◽  
John Lanasa ◽  
Diane Ramos ◽  
Ryan Luchs ◽  
Junying Lou
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
North American ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
Global Reporting Initiative ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
Social Environmental

Based on a review of North American professional sports teams, this study provides insight on how teams are communicating commitment to sustainability principles and practices on their Web sites. Web sites for 126 teams across 4 different leagues were examined for content relative to triple-bottom-line dimensions. Global Reporting Initiative indicator codes and definitions were constructs for the model and aligned to social, environmental, and economic principles for categories of sustainability practices. Although teams are including sustainability information on their Web sites, the vast majority downplay economic issues and highlight social issues on their home pages and subsequent pages; communication about environmental factors varies by league. The study shows differences across leagues and suggests that although some teams are communicating a commitment to sustainability, others may not be considering stakeholder perceptions of their Web-site communications or whether sustainability efforts affect public consumption of league offerings or attitudes toward professional sports.

scholarly journals PENDIIDKAN BERBASIS TOLERANSI SEBAGAI UPAYA UNTUK MEMUTUS MATA RANTAI KEKERASAN MELALUI INSTITUSI PENDIDIKAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Winarno Winarno
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Parental Control ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Public ◽  
Delegation Of Authority ◽  
The World

AbstrakPermasalahan kekerasan dalam dunia pendidikan merupakan salah satu masalah urgen yang cukup memperoleh sorotan yang tajam, karena dalam beberapa kasus kekerasan berujung pada kematian, sehingga hal tersebut perlu diatasi dengan tepat. Institusi pendidikan sebagai lembaga yang berperan dalam menyelenggarakan proses pendidikan, tentunya harus berfungsi dalam menanamkan keterampilan yang diperlukan untuk ikut ambil bagian dalam demokrasi, mengembangkan bakat yang dimiliki tiap orang demi kepentingan pribadi dan masyarakat, mempersiapkan anggota masyarakat untuk dapat mencari nafkah, melestarikan kebudayaan, mengurangi pengendalian orang tua, melimpahkan wewenang dan tugas dalam mendidik anak pada pihak sekolah, serta sebagai sarana untuk mengakomodir perselisihan paham yang terjadi di lingkungan sekolah maka perlu untuk menyelenggarakan pendidikan yang diupayakan untuk memutus mata rantai kekerasan yang terjadi.Pendidikan berbasis toleransi merupakan upaya untuk menyelenggarakan pendidikan dengan menghapuskan perbedaan mendasar antara senior dan junior di instansi pendidikan. Dengan demikian pendidikan diupayakan untuk saling menghormati dan menghargai antar siswa tanpa memandang senioritas.Kata Kunci: Pendidikan, toleransi, kekerasanAbstractThe problems of violence in the world of education is one of the urgent problems obtaining enough sharp spotlight, because in some cases of violence resulting in death, so it needs to be addressed appropriately. Educational institutions as institutions that play a role in organizing the educational process, must be functioning in imparting the necessary skills to take part in democracy, developing the talents of each person in the interests of the private and the public, prepare community members to be able to earn a living, to preserve their culture, reducing parental control, delegation of authority and duty to educate children in the school, as well as a means to accommodate the disagreement that occurred in the school environment, the need for education that sought to break the chain of violence. Tolerance based education is an effort to provide education to eliminate the35Winarno Pendidikan Berbasis Toleransi Sebagai Upaya….MAGISTRA - Volume 6 Nomor 2 Oktober 2015fundamental differences between the senior and junior in educational institutions. Thus pursued education for mutual respect and respect among students regardless of seniority.Keywords: education, tolerance, violence

scholarly journals Confronting Institutional Discrimination in a Color-Blind World

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric O. Silva ◽  
Christopher J. Gillmann ◽  
KeyAnna L. Tate
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Letters To The Editor ◽  
Institutional Discrimination ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
The Public ◽  
Color Blind ◽  
The Public Sphere

This article builds on the scholarship on color-blind ideology by examining discourse challenging two cases of institutional discrimination (the criminalization of unauthorized immigrants and sports teams’ use of Native American symbolism). Our research questions are first, what general options do anti-racists have for navigating norms of color-blindness in the public sphere? Second, how does context influence how people confront institutional discrimination? Based on an ethnographic content analysis of 165 letters to the editor published in American newspapers, we find that opponents of institutional discrimination have the choice of addressing one of four laminations. In each lamination, authors acknowledge framings of racial discrimination that are unacknowledged in previous ones. In the abstraction lamination, authors do not recognize race and ethnicity. In the pigmentation lamination, authors identify race and ethnicity, but not discrimination. Authors in the discrimination lamination acknowledge the practice is harmful to a particular racial or ethnic group, and the contextualization lamination lends added dimensionality to the discourse. A comparison of the laminations of pro-immigrant and anti-mascot letters demonstrates varying willingness to acknowledge racial discrimination. Namely, the pro-immigrant discourse was more color-blind than anti-mascot criticism. We consider the potential causes of these findings and offer suggestions for future research in the conclusion

New Features Section

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Lokie
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Scholarly Publications

The eJournal is excited to provide a new FEATURES SECTION. Along with our primary purpose for scholarly publications, we want to offer an opportunity for students and community members, along with facility and staff members to share their projects, experience, and events involving civic engagement. In particular we are looking for informative contributions in the form of videos, photo essays, and other formats of media/ multimedia submissions. This includes community members and educational institutions. This section is not intended to promote or advertise an individual, intuition, or business, but rather to support and promote a cause, event, or project that articulates efforts for civic engagement.

scholarly journals Teaching Science in Today’s Society: The Case of Particle Physics for Primary Schools

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Cristina Lazzeroni ◽  
Sandra Malvezzi ◽  
Andrea Quadri
Keyword(s):  
Particle Physics ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ongoing Project

The rapid changes in science and technology witnessed in recent decades have significantly contributed to the arousal of the awareness by decision-makers and the public as a whole of the need to strengthen the connection between outreach activities of universities and research institutes and the activities of educational institutions, with a central role played by schools. While the relevance of the problem is nowadays unquestioned, no unique and fully satisfactory solution has been identified. In the present paper we would like to contribute to the discussion on the subject by reporting on an ongoing project aimed to teach Particle Physics in primary schools. We will start from the past and currently planned activities in this project in order to establish a broader framework to describe the conditions for the fruitful interplay between researchers and teachers. We will also emphasize some aspects related to the dissemination of outreach materials by research institutions, in order to promote the access and distribution of scientific information in a way suited to the different age of the target students.

scholarly journals Problematizing Olympic Nationality

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 374-379
Author(s):  
Peter J. Spiro
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Olympic Athletes ◽  
Nation States ◽  
International Solidarity

One can hope that the convening of the Tokyo Olympics will be a cause for global celebration. Tokyo could prove a focal point for international solidarity, a moment of relief and release after all of humanity faced down an insidious, invisible, and largely indiscriminate attacker. Unified as we otherwise may be, athletes will still come to the Games as representatives of nation-states. That may be an unavoidable organizing principle. Less justifiable will be the requirement that athletes be nationals of the states they play for. Under the Olympic Charter and the rules of particular sporting federations, athletes are subject to a non-state nationality regime that restricts the capacity of individuals to compete for countries for whose delegations they would otherwise qualify. This regime looks to maintain the putative integrity of Olympic competition by maintaining the unity of sporting and sociological national identity. But that legacy of the twentieth century no longer works in the twenty first. Nationality and associated criteria for participant eligibility undermine the autonomy of athletes and the quality of participation. The rules can no longer guarantee any affective tie between athlete and nation, instead arbitrarily enabling some, but not all, to compete on the basis of citizenship decoupled from identity. We don't require that athletes playing for our professional sports teams hale from the cities they represent. There's no reason why we need to require more of our Olympic athletes.

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