ANTH 23 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Twerking, Coachella Valley High School, Cultural Appropriation
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Anth 23 lecture 7 sports, race, and representation. Artificial communities that cut across racial, ethnic, economic boundaries. College and high school represent formative times, sports allegiances important part of identity. When considering whether a mascot can be considered offensive it is important to consider: Context: history, who is representing whom. Some states with high native american concentration have higher concentration of sport teams with native american mascots great lakes region has most native american mascots: many native americans originally from these regions forced out onto reservations. Imperial nostalgia celebrating victory over culture in the past. Colonial regimes of naming" power to name: us government has power to name tribes power to mimic, mascots. Chief illinewek"s dance one way of rewriting history and mourning for the loss of conquered civilization positive representations intend to honor native americans still feature stereotypes, do not address modern struggles.
