I saw a take, and a full piece that I didnt end up reading, that suicides will go down bc of this name change. Something along the lines of american indians wont have to associate themselves as a team mascot or something. I think it implied that AI's routinely killed themselves bc of this team name.
I saw a take, and a full piece that I didnt end up reading, that suicides will go down bc of this name change. Something along the lines of american indians wont have to associate themselves as a team mascot or something. I think it implied that AI's routinely killed themselves bc of this team name.
That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. What is wrong with these people?
I saw a take, and a full piece that I didnt end up reading, that suicides will go down bc of this name change. Something along the lines of american indians wont have to associate themselves as a team mascot or something. I think it implied that AI's routinely killed themselves bc of this team name.
That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. What is wrong with these people?
I think nerf watched something on Netflix about this.
The Cleveland Indians changing their name will prevent Native Americans from taking their own lives -- this according to leaders in the community, who insist there's a connection.
Suicide is an enormous problem among Native Americans -- it's the 2nd leading cause of death, and is especially dire among the young.
As for why the name of a baseball team affects the suicide rate -- when Native Americans see non-Natives wearing sacred headdresses and mocking their people with mascots, names, antics, etc. -- it screws with their heads in a big way ... so says Prairie Bighorn-Blount, Executive Director of the American Indigenous Business Leaders. This, we're told, profoundly diminishes self-esteem as well as pride, and can create a severe identity crisis.