Crimes Against Humanity and Note to a Culture Vulture

"Crimes Against Humanity" is an really interesting outlook on major athletic teams using Native American culture as mascots for their teams and if it is appropriate or not. I am an avid sports fan and this argument is intriguing because the writer makes some valid points such as it is degrading to Native American culture and that it is offensive for Americans to actively take place in the "tomahawk" chop cheer at the Braves game because it negatively depicts Indians as a people. I certainly can understand frustration from Native Americans but I have to disagree with the author. I stand with the owners of sport teams and propose instead of Native Americans thinking ngatively about the team names maybe they should look at the situation as the teams honouring their culture and past. I know we are supposed to be "politically correct" but I mean honestly, give it a rest. Athletics is America's pastime and so is their logos and nicknames, which I do not see most of them changing in the future. " Nota to a Culture Vulture" by Adrian Louis is a dark yet humorous article I think that might be directed to Alexie Sherman or another Native American writer. Louis is writing about his hatred of how Native American culture is disappearing and how the author of the book he just read finally realized his Native Americna race was noble and tragic. Louis basically degrades the author of the book but it is puzzling because at the end of the article he states he liked the book a little. More background is needed in order to understand Louis's process of thinking.