people say sports teams should be able to keep their mascots because it shows a towns heritage but I disagree, sports teams should change their mascot because according to www.apa.org, research shows that native american mascots not only has a negative affect on native american students but kids of all races. so their fore sports teams should change their mascots because it has a negative impact on more than native Americans, but everyone.

Gavin says that mascots should go without change because they are meant to be fun and exiting but I disagree, sports teams should change their mascot because even if it represents a towns heritage it still could be insulting like the Washington redskins and how their mascot represents their heritage but is insulting to many tribes because "redskin" is a racial slur people use to describe native Americans. so theirfore, sports teams should change their mascots because it could be insulting.

it still might me an insult to other tribes that are in different areas of the world like Canada

I think that school mascots should be changed because you would not like it if people used racial slurs to define you as a person.

Some people say that they should change native american mascots, and I agree. they should change native american mascots because it could offend native american mascots.