the #SuperBowl has reignited controversy around Native mascots. proponents of @NFL team names like the @Chiefs & @Redskins claim the terms are intended to honor, & are used respectfully.
i found over 170,000 tweets showing the opposite.
full results: https://indigenous.engineering/projects/Not_Your_Mascot.html …
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@NFL y'all don't have to take my word for it: i encourage you to run the code for yourselves. i've provided all data & all my code free of charge, for anyone to use in this repo: https://github.com/IndigenousEngineering/Not_Your_Mascot … this includes a corpus of nearly 200,000 labeled tweets.#ChangeTheNamePrikaži ovu nit -
Statement by the American Psychological Association on Native mascots: "In 2005, the APA called for the immediate retirement of all American Indian mascots...APA's position is based on a growing body of social science literature that shows the harmful effects...
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...of racial stereotyping and inaccurate racial portrayals, including the particularly harmful effects of American Indian sports mascots on the social identity development and self-esteem of American Indian young people."https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/indian-mascots …
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Native mascots aren't just bad for Indigenous people, they hurt everybody: "Studies show that regardless of their intention, these mascots do not honor American Indians, but instead bring to mind negative thoughts associated with them as a group of people....
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...Furthermore, other studies with mostly white samples have found that people exposed to American Indian mascots are more likely to negatively stereotype other ethnic groups as well.”http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/03/021.html …
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from the National Congress of American Indians: "As documented in a comprehensive review of decades of social science research, derogatory 'Indian' sports mascots have serious psychological, social and cultural consequences for Native Americans, especially Native youth...
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..Most concerning...are the alarmingly high rates of hate crimes against Native people...These factors together indicate a very real need to take immediate action...to diffuse additional hateful activity against Native peoples" http://www.ncai.org/proudtobe
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regarding violence against Natives: “American Indians are more likely than people of other races to experience violence at the hands of someone of a different race.” --from the US Department of Justice https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/aic.pdf …
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the data is in.
@NFL,@Chiefs,@Redskins: it's time to#ChangeTheName. full report: https://indigenous.engineering/projects/Not_Your_Mascot.html …#NotYourMascot#DataScience#NativesInTechpic.twitter.com/gKTzVc6V6T
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