mascots

• “- The proceeding for the import of one or two mascots is free.”

  official regulations

• “(Oh, and pictures of the mascots from the baseball game, too.)”

  Archive 2005-06-01

• “The NCAA has effectively banned the use of "hostile and abusive racial/ethnic/national origin mascots, nicknames or imagery" at NCAA events.”

  Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Do We Have to Change the State Names?

• “Williams estimated about a dozen schools in Colorado have Indian "mascots" - a term defined in the bill as "a name, symbol or image that depicts or refers to an American Indian tribe, individual custom or tradition.”

  Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local

• “When we name mascots for our sports teams it is considered politically incorrect these days to use names like Braves or Indians because some Native Americans are offended by these terms.”

  Global Voices in English » Egypt: A Dog Named Anwar El Sadat

• “You know every one of your mascots is a wild-eyed cartoon character with uncontrollable munchies.”

  CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2009

• “Their mascots are a man and woman just like these, albeit in swimsuits - but in any case, with a single huge eyeball for a head.”

  RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!

• “If Native Americans wish to feel insulted by the mascots, that is a decision they make, but it is not an obvious or necessary one.”

  NOTRE DAME’S FIGHTING IRISH MASCOT » Sociological Images

• “One of the mascots was the Webcam manatee, a man in a manatee costume rubbing himself in front of the camera with the song I touch myself playing in the background.”

  Horny Manatee

• “The mascots upset the Greek Society for the Friends of the Ancients which threatened to sue Athens organisers, claiming the revered names for the mascots were a mockery of ancients.”

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