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Season 10 Episode 7 - In Whose Honor?
Takes a critical look at the long-standing practice of 'honoring' American Indians by using their names for mascots and sports teams and delves into the accompanying issues of racism, stereotypes, minority representation, and the powerful effects of media imagery. Follows the efforts of Native American Charlene Teters, a woman who went from graduate student to what some call the 'Rosa Parks of American Indians, ' and details her work to ban the sports usage of Indian designations and protect her people's cultural symbols and identity. In Whose Honor? looks at the issues of racism, stereotypes, minority representation and the powerful effects of mass-media imagery, and the extent to which one university will go to defend and justify its mascot.
Episodes in Season 10
Nobody's Business
60 min
Battle for the Minds
60 min
A Healthy Baby Girl
60 min
Jesse's Gone
60 min
Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary
60 min
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
60 min
In Whose Honor?
60 min
Girls Like Us
60 min
Blacks and Jews
60 min
A Perfect Candidate
60 min
