Blog 6: Racial Discrimination in Sports
Blog 6: Racial Discrimination in Sports We have all heard of the names of sports teams and mascots. The Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Miami Heat, and so on. Although, there are sports teams with names that are deemed extremely controversial and leaves me baffled at how they can approve such names. Below are some of the most controversial team names in the U.S. Ethiopian Clowns Dickinson State Savages Pekin High School Chinks Frisco Fighting Coons Coachella Valley High School Arabs Wahpeton Wops Orofino High School Maniacs The team names above remain as the most offensive ideas that can ever be approved. The Orofino High School Maniacs were just as controversial even though it was not targeted towards any race or sexuality. There is a 55-bed psychiatric hospital that is just half a mile away from Orofino High School. Mental health should NOT be mocked or discriminated just like how we have to respect race or sexuality. Sometimes Mental health is more important than physical health an