The Mascot Slot: Cultural Citizenship, Political Correctness, and Pseudo-Indian Sports Symbols  

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Strong, Pauline Turner

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Sport and Social Issues vol. 28 no. 1 (Feb. 2004), page 79-87.
Topik: Indian sports mascots; cultural citizenship; political correctness; Native Americans
Fulltext: 79.pdf (101.85KB)

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Caricatures ofAmerican Indians that would not now be tolerated if they portrayed other racial or ethnic groups are institutionalized in school, university, and professional sport teams and disseminated by local, national, and internationalmedia outlets. Drawing on Aihwa Ong’s concept of cultural citizenship and adapting Michael-Rolph Trouillot’s notion of the “savage slot,” this article argues that the “mascot slot” assigned to Native Americans is an allegorical form of cultural citizenship that offers a significant obstacle to full participatory citizenship. Demolishing the mascot slot is a prerequisite for full cultural recognition and participatory citizenship for Native Americans.

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