Thread by @GGforthepeople, @carsonalew maybe you and your friend can pass this information onto your [...]

@carsonalew maybe you and your friend can pass this information onto your school and direct actual change. You should really read this. Rather than your pearl-clutching that you did about your racist mascot and your tweets that you decided to tweet that was Anti-Native.

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I hope, you read this, because you are after all in Highschool and have many years on this earth That I hope that you look into these effects and what Native people are saying about it. Truly listen. Because young people like you, are needed to change the culture.
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"Low self esteem, low community worth, increased negative feelings of stress and depression. These are some of the negative psychological effects Native American mascots wreak on the well-being of Native Americans, especially youth, according to a new study"
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“Native mascots are part of a much larger web of phenomena that contribute to oppression faced by Native Americans and thus it seems clear that these mascots should be eliminated.”

Here is the entire article.

4/ https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/study-finds-only-harmful-effects-from-native-themed-mascots-Gr8ez-HtvkeB-Q5SPNhmhw

Study finds only harmful effects from Native-themed mascots

‘We have to change our racist attitude towards one another’

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/study-finds-only-harmful-effects-from-native-themed-mascots-Gr8ez-HtvkeB-Q5SPNhmhw

In 2016, The @washingtonpost released a "Poll" that the @Redskins used to justify keeping their racist name and dismiss Native people that spoke out against Native mascots. The post again did it another flawed "study" in 2019. The Poll didn't verify if they were talking to
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Native people. And let's say that they all were indeed who they said they are 504 out of 5 million with a 5.5% MOE is a crap poll. (Anything above a 3% MOE has concerns, & phone and online polls are problematic because there are no controls.) https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/why-washington-12-stories-that-explain-U-1kRFnzw0eBjPEcSfdvNQ
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Why Washington? 12 stories that explain

Indian Country Today background on the use of Native American symbols and mascots

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/why-washington-12-stories-that-explain-U-1kRFnzw0eBjPEcSfdvNQ

But here is the thing. Native people have opinions about Native mascots, between the studies that talk about the psychological harm it does to Native people. Native people having to read and hear "war chants" and people yelling racist epithets, as well as reading
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News articles and Tweets that say things like "Slaughters", "Scalping" are incredibly harmful. This study aside, another study concluded that over half of Native people DO in fact have a problem with Native American mascots
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https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/clear-data-native-people-are-deeply-insulted-by-nfl-team-name-lbz-g8YRzkmHxwFD1OIXBw.

Clear data: Native people are 'deeply insulted' by NFL team name

'The data from previous opinion polls is often used to silence Native people'

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/clear-data-native-people-are-deeply-insulted-by-nfl-team-name-lbz-g8YRzkmHxwFD1OIXBw

And Now That I gave you articles to read, written by Native people I am going to include more Native voices.

Because Native Lives Matter.

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There is no HONOR in using racist stereotypes.

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