My topic is from "Everything is an Argument" and it is called Indian mascots - you're out. I am briefly going to discuss about the article that I read Indian mascots - you're out. I am also going to discuss a little bit of the history of Indians in America, or at least what I have learned, and also discuss my intake on everything or my argument. This article that I read Indian mascots - you're out, its' primary topic is if removing the Native American names and mascots from college and professional teams is the right thing to do? The young man that did this article is actually mixed-blood of muscogee/creek Indian. He talks of a memory as a young boy of age ten going to the baseball game with his dad. His dad gave him some money to buy a baseball cap and he went for the Cleveland cap because he felt a sense of misplaced loyalty to his fellow Indians, but as soon as he got home his mother took the cap and threw it in the trash because of her battles of Indian stereotyping all her life. The look of betrayal from his Creek mothers face stuck with him forever. The controversy is not whether your just changing a name or mascot but also whether or not the Indians will be conflicted with it or not and also how is it going to portray the Indians for good or for bad that is the real question. Now, I am going to go back a little because I am learning in my history class a little about this whole Indians conquered by Americans thing and it was not cool at all. So, back in the old western times Americans basically went to war with the Indians for their land so that they can expand. Americans eventually beat the Indians, throughout a history period of course, took their land and sent them to Indian reservations or Indian Territory, and sent their children to school to learn how to be more civilized. So basically, Americans took their land and striped them of their own culture. Eventually, Indians got tired of it and fought for some rights with the help of some Americans as well. In 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Allotment Act, this act included Indian heads of household received an allotment of 160 acres from reservation lands; Single persons over eighteen received 80 acres; Indians who took allotments earned U.S. citizenship; and the government reserved the right to sell "surplus" reservation lands to white settlers. It was a long battle but still it was not fun or cool. Of course there is much more detail to cover but it is long and I do not want to talk about it all in this blog. I am now going to talk a little bit about my whole intake on this situation with the removal of the Indian name or mascots for sports. Personally I don't think that they should be removed especially if there is a history about the name or the mascot. however, if the name is being used in a way that is not appropriate or it is used as a way to disrespect or even to take a way to stereotype then in that case I do think it should be removed. It is all a misunderstanding of how people view things from their own history as well. Now this might be a little off the subject but here it goes. For example, I remember not too long ago the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show of 2012 apologized for the Native American headdress and also removed it from broadcast. The apology was declared as such because a lot of people were offended by this lingerie piece some people saw it as Indian women being portrayed as sexual beings. The good thing is that they apologized and they took it out from broadcast out of respect because as they stated it was not their intention at all to offend any one. My conclusion to all of this is that there Indian names or mascots should not be removed from the college or professional sport as long as it is used in a proper manner. There is no need to bring down the Indian culture down more than what they already had gone due to the prior history. Everyone has a right to be who they are as long as they do not do things to intentionally hurt others while doing so. My question to you is How can people preserve their own culture without hurting or conflicting other cultures?